GHAZIABAD: A 25-year-old man has been arrested by Ghaziabad police in Bareilly for allegedly cheating youngsters online of lakhs on the pretext of selling online tools like guns for playing battle games like PUBG. The arrest was made by a joint team of the cyber cell and Sihani Gate police station.
According to police, the accused has been identified as Vishant Babu alias Illu, a resident of Bareilly. The MA graduate has allegedly cheated about 100 children, most of them aged between 10-16 years and avid players of PUBG and similar games, over the past one year. Police have traced transactions of around Rs 20 lakh to his bank account.
