3 held over WhatsApp scam in Rajasthan

The Jangipur police in Murshidabad district have arrested three members of a gang allegedly involved in a WhatsApp racket from Rajasthan’s Bharatpur late last week.

A local businessman and a bank employee had lodged police complaints on September 29, alleging that they had repetitively been scammed of amounts ranging between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000 by a fake WhatsApp profile. Acting on the complaints, a police team led by assistant superintendent of police, Sandip Karra, arrested Shabbir, Rajpal Singh and Chiranjit Singh from Bharatpur in Rajasthan on Friday.

The trio were brought on transit remand from Bharatpur and produced at a local court in Jangipur on Monday. They have been sent to police custody for a week.