Two Kohat men arrested for impersonating women and defrauding victims
By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 05 Jan 2023
The Kohat police have arrested two men suspected of defrauding other men after speaking to them on the phone in a woman’s voice.
According to Kohat DPO Captain (retd) Mansoor Aman, these men were the ring leaders of a gang that used to speak to men on phone in a womanly voice. They then either posed as employees of a bank, Ehsaas Cash programme or ARY Digital’s game show Jeeto Pakistan.
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The men were then asked for their bank details, through which the suspects stole their money.
The police seized millions of rupees, seven cell phones and 14 sims and also froze their bank accounts. The suspects have also confessed to luring in people from India, Dubai and Saudi Arabia via WhatsApp audio calls.
SHO Mohammad Fayaz confirmed that both men were booked under five sections of the Pakistan Penal Code:
- Section 34 (acts done by several persons having common intention)
- Section 419 (punishment for cheating by impersonation)
- Section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property)
- Section 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating)
- Section 471 (using a forged document as a genuine one)
The men are being interrogated so that other gang members can also be located and apprehended.
