A cyber crook from Jharkhand poses as an ED officer and demands Rs 40 lakh from a businessman from Jaipur

JAIPUR: A cyber thief from Jamtara, Jharkhand, pretended to be a senior additional director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and demanded Rs 40 lakh from a city businessman after threatening a raid.

The businessman first filed a complaint with the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) against the alleged ED official. The agency then set up a trap and arrested a person who came to collect the money on Wednesday. The detained individual is simply an autorickshaw driver who worked for a travel company that also provided a courier service.

According to the ACB, the complainant was duped by cyber crooks posing as ED officials. The ACB has delegated the investigation to the Gandhi Nagar police station, where the businessman has filed an FIR.

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According to Jaipur police, the businessman claimed that he had been harassed by a man for several days. “The man pretended to be a senior ED official. He claimed that the agency had discovered several unverified transactions that needed to be investigated, and that a raid would be planned soon,” an officer said. The caller offered to stop the raid for Rs 40 lakh. After that, the businessman went to the ACB office.