“Kollam Quarry Owner Extorted Rs 5 Lakh by People Pretending to be Geologist: Two Arrested”

Kollam ∙ Suspects arrested for extorting Rs 5 lakh from quarry owner by pretending to be a geologist. Thiruvananthapuram Neiyatinkara Anavur MR. P.R.Rahul (31) in Sadanam and Neetu S.Paul (34) in Kozhikode’s Chelavur Mayanad Vyshyam outside house were caught by the Kollam Cyber ​​Police from Kozhikode.

According to the police: The accused created a fake WhatsApp account using a SIM card organized at another person’s address and a picture of Kollam district geologist and contacted the complainant, a native of Kollam, on the phone pretending to be a geologist. Talking through WhatsApp, he promised to renew the quarry license and demanded Rs 5 lakh urgently.

After informing that he would send a woman in the car to collect the money, the second accused Neetu was taken to Kotiat by Rahul taxi and took the money from the complainant. Later, after this phone number and its WhatsApp became inactive, he called the geologist’s old number and said that he had transferred the money and inquired about the renewal of the license. Then the owner of the crusher approached the Kollam City Cyber ​​Police with a complaint.

English Summary: Two people arrested for fraud on quarry owner