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In the Common Service Center (CSC), the Prime Minister’s important scheme of Digital India, three youths, who had studied up to class eight in Rajasthan, were making a dent. The accused were cheating people by issuing fake IDs of CSC and fake certificates of many services. The accused have so far extorted more than Rs 17 crore from more than 1000 people across India.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police has busted the gang and arrested Monu Sharma (24), Kuldeep Singh (27) and mastermind Chitresh Goyal (26), residents of Sikar, Rajasthan. Prashant Gautam, Deputy Commissioner of Police, IFSO, Special Cell, said that the Prime Minister has set a target of setting up five lakh CSCs across the country to take India towards Digital India. These are being set up in places where there is no internet facility.
State governments have started e-Mitra. Under this CSC gives an ID to the applicant. After this he becomes authorized to open the center. He can update the digital services of the Government of India. Apart from this, the applicant is authorized to provide other government services to the people. A complaint was lodged with IFSO by Akhileshwar Yadav, Consultant/Vigilance, CSC e-Governance Services India Limited.
Such arrested accused
Inspector Bhanwar Singh found out in the investigation that the website from which people are being cheated has been created in the name of Indian Guru Sharma. When this number was traced from which the website was created, it was found that the mobile number belongs to Monu Sharma. After this, two more mobile numbers being used in the fraud were detected. After this, the police arrested all three from Neem police station and Jaipur.
Used to take the amount of fraud in mother’s account
Chitresh Goyal is the mastermind of this gang. It was he who created a site similar to CSC. He had given the payment link on the homepage of the site. It was linked to Chitresh’s mother’s bank account. The accused had made many WhatsApp groups. The three accused used to tell people to get CSC ID, TEC (Telecom Entrepreneur Course) certificate, RAP (Rural Authorized Person) certificate, IIBF (Indian Institute of Banking and Finance) certificate and VLE. He used to deposit Rs 1472 in the name of fees from the people who came in the trap.
