Tura, March 2: Cyber crime investigators from East Garo Hills police have made a major breakthrough by arresting a north eastern woman from Delhi who had duped a victim from Songsak region of Rs 73 lakh.

Songsak police in east Garo Hills was investigating a major cyber financial case in which a victim from songsak had paid online to a woman the huge sum of Rs 73 lakh that was deposited to a bank account run by the accused woman in return to get five million dollars for a humanitarian project.

While investigating the case, East Garo Hills Police identified the culprit and in collaboration with Delhi police arrested Miss LALNUNPUII D/O SHRI LALTHARA OF DIAKKAWN III of KOLASIB in MIZORAM who was living on a temporary address at CHANAKYA PLACE, DABRI in Delhi and luring unsuspecting people to part with their savings into bank accounts run by her.

During investigation the police found that a particular bank account used by the woman and her accomplices had received as much as Rs 2 Crore 70 Lac deposited by many unsuspecting victims including the Garo Hills victim who alone had parted with Rs 73 lac.

The arrested woman is said to be part of an inter-state gang involving accomplices from Mizoram and Delhi, as well. Search is currently on to arrest the other collaborators of the group.

Meghalaya police has appealed to citizens not to fall prey to such crimes in which unknown persons make false claims which leads to unsuspecting victims paying online cash.