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Four persons, including a husband, wife, and their son, were arrested for allegedly selling fake mobile phones by claiming they were successful urgent request of money.
Police said the complainant, Sathyaraj, 31, from Tiruvannamalai district, has been staying successful Poonamallee and moving arsenic a car operator successful Chennai. On the day of May 4, portion helium was resting wrong his car connected Valliammal College Street successful Anna Nagar, 4 persons approached him.
They allegedly told him that their kid was unwell and they urgently needed wealth to instrumentality the kid to a hospital. They besides claimed that they needed wealth to wage location rent and requested him to bargain their Vivo mobile phone, stating that it was purchased conscionable a period earlier. Believing them, Sathyaraj paid ₹12,000 and bought the phone.
Later that evening, erstwhile helium took the instrumentality to a mobile telephone store adjacent his residence for testing, helium discovered that it was a counterfeit phone. He past lodged a ailment with the transgression helping of the Anna Nagar constabulary presumption seeking enactment against the fraudsters and betterment of his money.
Based connected the complaint, constabulary investigated and arrested the accused. The arrested persons were identified arsenic Balu, 49, from Jalgaon territory of Maharashtra; his woman Pramilabai, 42; their lad Praveen, 18; and their comparative Dhanraj, 27, besides from Jalgaon district. Police seized 26 fake mobile phones, 27 chargers and ₹9,000 successful currency from them.
Inquiry revealed that the accused purchased counterfeit mobile phones from Mumbai and sold them successful Chennai to unsuspecting people. The devices were sold astatine precocious prices by falsely claiming they were genuine branded phones and citing emergencies to summation sympathy.
