KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Police have arrested an Information Technology (IT) employee for sending e-mails to several people including a bank official in Maharashtra, posing as Special Director of Enforce Directorate (ED), Eastern Zone.
According to police officials, Anantha Sundar Rajan had lent Rs 11 lakh to a businessman in Pune. As he was not repaying, Rajan tried to check his bank statement posing as an ED official. Rajan has been remanded to three-day police custody after producing him before Barasat Court on Sunday.
Police informed that Rajan had lent Rs 11 lakh to a business man, who is also his friend. According to Rajan's statement, as his friend was not repaying the money, he planned to obtain the bank statement of his friend's company. To get the statement, he first purchased a web address domain in the name of the ED. Later, he created a fake e-mail ID using the name of special director Yogesh Gupta and sent a mail to a bank in Pune seeking bank statement of his friend.
Though Rajan claimed he was trying to check whether his friend had the money to repay the loan, the sleuths are not fully convinced. Sources informed that investigators are trying to find out if he had any other idea as the ED is investigating several cases relating to chit fund scam.
After arresting him, sleuths conducted a thorough search of his flat in New Town and seized gadgets and bank related papers connected with this incident.
On Saturday, an officer of Assistant Director rank from the ED lodged a complaint with Bidhannagar Police alleging that Rajan had sent e-mails posing as the Special Director of ED.
After the ED got to know about the e-mails, the ED headquarters in Delhi was informed. Later, a case was lodged against Rajan on charges of cheating, forgery and identity theft of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act.