Cheating: Two Nigerians held

Karimnagar: Two Nigerians and a businessman of Uttar Pradesh were arrested for allegedly being involved in frauds under the pretext of online lotteries, here on Saturday. Cash amounting to Rs 2.29 lakh, two laptops and nine mobile phones were recovered from their possession. Two other accused are absconding, said SP D. Joel Davis.

The accused are Teddi Milan and Kelvin, nationals of Nigeria and Moham-mad Hasin of Bareilly town in Uttar Pradesh. The three were detained in New Delhi and brought to Karimnagar on a transit warrant and produced before a local court. The complainant was Odnala Saiteja, Kumar, a native of Basanth-nagar in Ramagundam mandal and a first year B.Tech  student at a private college of the district. During the course of interrogation, the Nigerians confessed to be cheating Internet users of several states by sending mails under the guise of lucky draws worth many crores. They revealed that they were indulging in the offence by taking assistance of businessmen of India by giving some percentage on each transaction. They admitted that they were getting bank accounts by furnishing fake documents. They told cops that they were taking shelter in New Delhi.

On April 27, Sai Teja received a mail stating that he had won Rs 2.60 crore in an online lucky draw. Then he deposited '24 lakh in six SBI accounts, suggested by the fraudsters, on multiple occasions with the help of his father and by borrowing money from relatives. He appro-ached SP D. Joel Davis, after realising that he was duped when the amount was not credited to his account even after completion of over three weeks, on May 17.