IIT postgraduate held for running fake website offering free laptops

An IIT postgraduate was held for allegedly running a fake website carrying pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and duping people in the name of “Free Laptop Government Scheme on the Occasion of Re-election of New Government”, police said Sunday. Rakesh Jangid (23), IIT postgraduate of 2019 batch, was arrested from his hometown Pundlota in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district, they said.

Over 15 lakh people were exposed to the con job within two days. The fake website offering the bogus scheme was promoted using instant messaging apps and became viral on Whatsapp, police said. According to the police, the accused used fake promotional multimedia message using ‘Make in India’ logo and picture of the prime minister on the website to lure people to register themselves for getting free laptops. He also intended to capture personal data of millions of citizens in the name of registration and use that for illegal monetary gains. The Cyber Crime Unit of Delhi Police