Gurugram, A girl and her associates have been charged with cyber fraud after allegedly luring people with the promise of ₹3 crore in trade for donating kidneys within the identify of Medanta-The Medicity Hospital, police stated on Thursday.
Explaining her modus operandi, the police stated that the primary accused, Priya Santosh, pretends to be a physician from Medanta and contacts potential victims by means of social media platforms, faux web sites, and WhatsApp teams, attractive them with the promise of ₹3 crore for kidney donations.
An FIR was filed on the Sadar police station based mostly on a criticism from Dr Sanjay Durani, the medical superintendent at Medanta.
In line with the criticism, Priya has been impersonating a physician affiliated with Medanta to defraud people.
“This gang has additionally created a faux web site utilizing the Medanta Hospital’s emblem and identify with out authorisation. The web site advertises that Medanta Hospital is urgently in search of kidneys and guarantees ₹3 crore to anybody who donates. To realize the belief of potential donors, Priya Santosh presents herself as a Medanta physician and has even supplied a fabricated workers ID on the faux web site,” Dr Durani stated in his criticism.
The scheme got here to gentle when a lady named Pratiksha Pujari allegedly fell sufferer to Priya’s deception.
Initially, Pujari was tricked into paying ₹8,000 as a registration payment. The scammers later assured her that she would obtain ₹3 crore however requested a further deposit of ₹10,000, police stated.
When Pujari grew to become suspicious and reached out to the hospital administration, the rip-off was uncovered. Hospital officers confirmed that there is no such thing as a physician by the identify of Priya Santosh and that the ID quantity listed on the fraudulent web site was additionally faux, in keeping with the police.
“Our hospital doesn’t function any unlawful organ commerce or any such web site. That is the work of an organised cyber gang that’s defrauding harmless folks and tarnishing the picture of the distinguished Medanta-The Medicity Hospital,” Dr Durani stated.
“Based mostly on the criticism of the hospital’s medical superintendent, a case has been registered on the Sadar police station below numerous Sections of the BNS and IT Act,” the Gurugram police spokesperson stated, including that an investigation has been launched and additional info is being gathered concerning the fraudsters.
In April 2024, the Gurugram police and the CM Flying Squad raided Sector 39 in Gurugram and arrested 5 overseas nationals, together with a kidney donor and receiver. All 5 people had been dropped at India from Bangladesh and underwent kidney transplants at a non-public hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan, utilizing cast paperwork.
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