Gujarat: Cyber Cell helps co get back Rs 24 lakh

The Cyber Cell of the Gandhinagar police helped recover Rs 24.31 lakh that was stolen from a manufacturing unit in Chhatral GIDC. However, the cops are yet to nab the accused.

According to a complaint filed with the cyber cell, Chhatral GIDC-based AMI Refractrahold was in the business of manufacturing and sale of steel to various industries. Iran-based Amol Carborudom was one of its clients, and the dealings between the two companies were done over with emails.

The Iran-based company was yet to pay the AMI Refractrahold for one of its consignments. When someone got to know about this it, the person acted as a 'middle-man' to get the payment on his or her name, said the police.

According to the police, the accused (whose identity is so far not known) created an email id amirefractrohodl@dr.com which was similar to the original email id of the company amirefractrahold@.com. The person then wrote to the Iran-based company asking them for payment. They also made a duplicate copy of the company's letterhead and even managed a fake signature of the general manager on the mail. The email sought that the payment be made into a different account which the Iran-based company did. It was only later that the company came to realise that it had been cheated.