Man held for creating fake Govt website, cheating 100 people
Delhi Police has arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly making a fake website of ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan’. Police said the accused had cheated nearly 100 people by promising them jobs under the central Government scheme.
The accused identified as Prasenjit Chatterjee, a resident of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal was arrested by the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police on Tuesday.
According to a senior police official, a case under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and IT Act was registered by the cyber crime unit on a complaint of Hari Sewak Sharma, vigilance officer, common service centre, Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), regarding the fraudulent Government website and investigation was taken up.