According
to
media
reports,
three
men
were
arrested
after
they
duped
Bollywood
actor
Isha
Sharvani
of
Rs
3
lakh
by
pretending
to
be
Australian
Tax
Officers.
In
a
statement,
the
Delhi
Police's
PRO
mentioned
that
their
arrest
was
a
significant
breakthrough
by
the
Cyber
Crime
Unit.
The
statement
read,
"In
a
major
breakthrough,
the
Cyber
Crime
Unit
(CyPAD)
has
arrested
three
men
who
had
duped
a
renowned
NRI
female
actor/performer,
Ms.
Isha
Sharvani,
who
now
lives
in
Perth,
Australia,
pretending
to
be
from
Australian
Tax
Office.
She
was
induced
to
transfer
AUD
5,700
(around
Rs
3
lakh)
via
Western
Union
and
RIA
Money
Transfer."
The
Deputy
Commissioner
of
Police
(Cyber
Crime)
Anyesh
Roy,
said
in
a
statement
that
the
accused
have
been
identified
as
Bhanuj
Berry
(24),
Puneet
Chadha
(34)
and
Rishabh
Khanna
(23).
"The
caller
told
her
that
there
were
some
violations
in
her
tax
returns
and
the
Australian
government
had
issued
a
warrant
for
her
arrest.
The
caller
took
the
details
of
her
tax
accountant,
including
the
phone
number," Roy
said.
She
received
another
call
during
which
the
accused
claimed
that
he
was
at
her
accountant's
office.
The
caller
even
went
on
to
say
that
there
was
an
error
with
the
tax
filed
by
her.
"The
accused
persons
intimidated
the
victim
into
transferring
money
to
them
through
Western
Union
[3,500
AUD]
and
RIA
Money
Transfer
[2,500
AUD].
They
stayed
with
her
on
the
call
for
more
than
three
hours
until
the
transaction
was
over," Roy
said.
He
also
mentioned
that
Isha
approached
the
police
after
realising
that
she
was
duped.
Apparently,
the
accused,
along
with
their
team,
were
operating
from
a
fake
call
centre
in
Vikaspuri.
Puneet
Chadha
is
an
MBA
graduate
while
Berry
has
a
B.Com
degree
from
the
School
of
Open
Learning
and
Khanna
is
a
final-year
BBA
student,
the
police
reportedly
said.