3 Nigerian nationals held for duping ex-army man

Three Nigerian nationals were arrested for allegedly cheating a city-based retired Army man of Rs 1.85 lakh on the pretext of selling him an SUV through an online marketplace, police said today. Roland Anegbe alias Martin, Nnamgi Aku and Abraham Anthony Njosi, natives of Benin City in Nigeria, were apprehended in Bengaluru by the Cyber Crime Police yesterday for cheating retired subedar Lavish Kumar, Commissioner of Police (Rachakonda) Mahesh M Bhagwath said. "The trio put an advertisement in an online marketplace for used goods, for sale of an SUV for Rs 8.55 lakh and collected Rs 1.85 lakh from Kumar. After seeing the advertisement, Kumar contacted them and was told that the owner of the vehicle is leaving India as his project was over and the vehicle is with cargo department of airport," he said. Believing the version of the Nigerians, he decided to buy the vehicle. However, the fraudsters made him pay Rs 1.85 lakh for various reasons, but they failed to deliver the vehicle to him and stopped answering his calls too following which the victim lodged a complaint, the senior police officer added.