Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) Rajasthan police on Wednesday arrested a man from Udaipur for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 41,590 through a Youtube channel on pretext selling her a few expensive dresses.
Accused Mohan Singh, resident of Bikaner, allegedly collected the payment from the woman after showing her an advertisement for the dresses on a Youtube channel and later switching off his phone.
Barmer Superintendent of Police (SP) Deepak Bhargava said that one Ganpat Singh filed complaint on January 4, claiming that his daughter selected a few ‘Rajputi’ dresses on a YouTube channel and paid Rs 41,590 in Paytm account of an unknown person. Later the person switched off his phone, complainant said.
The SP added that a special team was constituted and thorough searches were initiated to find the accused.
The team connected the links and arrested Mohan Singh alias R.B. Banna from Udaipur.
On questioning, he admitted that he duped the girl and collected the said amount from her.
Meanwhile, investigations are on to know if he has committed other such offences, said Bhargava.
–IANS
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