Two months imprisonment for three in online scholarship fraud case

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Three persons, who duped a husbandman to the tune of ₹1 lakh nether the pretext of getting assistance for his daughter, person been awarded 2 months imprisonment.

According to police, unidentified persons contacted Lakshmanan, 48, of Panankulam adjacent Nanguneri implicit the telephone and told him that assistance had been sanctioned for his daughter’s higher studies and asked him to wage ₹1 lakh successful instalments for getting the fiscal assistance. Lured by it, Lakshmanan sent the wealth to them.

After his girl did not person immoderate scholarship, Lakshmanan filed a ailment with the Cyber Crime Wing connected March 17. Upon investigation, the fraudsters were identified arsenic Raju, 25, Rishi, 27, and Rahul, 35, each from Delhi. A peculiar squad from Tirunelveli went to Delhi and nabbed the 3 men,

First Judicial Magistrate Sathya awarded 2 months imprisonment and imposed a good of ₹1,000 connected them connected Monday.

Superintendent of Police V. Prassannakumar honoured Cyber Crime Wing Inspector Mahalakshmi and her team, who cracked the online assistance fraud and ensured the condemnation of the fraudsters for the archetypal clip successful Tirunelveli territory successful a cyber transgression case.

Published - June 01, 2026 09:36 p.m. IST

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