The Cuffe Parade police have arrested a 23-year-old Graphic designer from Delhi for conning more than 40 people across the country on the pretext of selling them Iphones at cheap prices. The accused identified as Ritesh Kumar Bharadwaj used to post paid advertisements on popular social sites to lure people. The crime came to light when a law student from Mumbai, who was being conned by Ritesh, received a call for the second time from him. The call was what blew the lid off the crime that was being perpetrated for the last 2 years.

Mangesh Mandal (21), a law student living in South Mumbai noticed an advertisement on Instagram that claimed that an Iphone 6S was available for Rs 10,000. Mangesh clicked on link and checked the website, he found an offer that urged a customer to pay money online through a payment portal. "This happened in June 2018, I paid money through online banking, and I received a message saying that the Iphone would be delivered as soon as possible. But after a couple of days I couldn't track my parcel. When I tried to call the number given on the website it was switched off," said Mangesh Mandal. "I realised that I had been conned by someone, but after a few days I received a call from the same number telling me about the same offer and realised that the person behind the racket is same as the one who had called me. I immediately registered a complaint with the Cuffe Parade Police station" he added.