3 arrested for duping people across India in the name of Reliance Jio

New Delhi: Three men were arrested for allegedly duping more than 1,000 people across India to the tune of over Rs 1.5 crore on the pretext of installing mobile phone towers of a reputed mobile company, police said on Wednesday. The accused have been identified as Sanjay Kumar (28), Santosh Kumar (29) and Arjun Prasad (26).
Police said the trio cheated victims through a fake website. Sanjay used some of the amount cheated from the victims to start his own cloud telephony company – Sanjay Enterprises – they said.
At least 200 persons accepted that they were duped by the accused when the police approached them.
Lokendra Kumar, one of the victim and a resident of Dabri in his complaint said he had seen a website www.reliancejiotower.net on the internet which talked about installing a mobile tower, Anto Alphonse, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) said.