Hans News Service

New Delhi:A mother-son duo has been arrested from Ghaziabad for allegedly running a fake detective agency website and cheating a man of Rs 1.15 lakh, police said on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Poonam Singh (45) and her son Arnav Singh (22), both residents of Ghaziabad, they said. The case came to light after complainant, who was looking for detective services online, came across a website, police in a statement said. The website was allegedly designed to look like a genuine detective agency’s website. The complainant was contacted through a mobile number and allegedly induced to pay Rs 1.15 lakh on the pretext of providing detective and investigation services, read the statement.

The amount was deposited into a bank account maintained in Poonam Singh’s name and was later transferred to different bank accounts, it read. An e-FIR was subsequently registered at the Cyber Police Station in East Delhi and further investigation was taken up.