Jamtara, May 15 (PTI) Three persons have been arrested for allegedly duping people in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district by obtaining bank account details on the pretext of supplying cooking gas cylinders, police said on Friday.
Following a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid in a closed primary school premises in Dakhnidih village and apprehended the trio, they said.
The accused used to allegedly send messages on online platforms to prospective customers about supply of LPG cylinders, and gather their bank details in the process, police said.
One of those nabbed had earlier served a two-and-a-half-year jail term on similar charges, a police officer said.
A case under sections of the BNS, the IT Act and the Telecommunications Act has been registered in this regard, he said.
Further investigation is underway, the officer added. PTI BS RBT
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