Days after an Ahmedabad-based doctor was allegedly cheated of Rs 59,000 under the guise of being offered a VIP phone number, the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell arrested three persons in the case, claiming that the group has been running the racket since December 2018.
An FIR was lodged at Cyber Crime Cell police station in Ahmedabad on June 13 by 57-year-old Dr Vishwamohan Thakur, a resident of Adani Shantigram near Vaishno Devi circle in the city, who had alleged that he was cheated of Rs 59,000 on January 20 after being promised a VIP number from an accused claiming to be a representative of telecommunications major Airtel.
According to officials, Vijay Rathod (40), a resident of Bhavnagar; Prashant Joshi (43), a resident of Vastral in Ahmedabad and Jignesh Karia (40), also a resident of Vastral, were arrested on Monday for committing fraud against the doctor.
