Correspondent

PASIGHAT, Jul 19: The Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pasighat on Thursday convicted two individuals in fake PhonePe scam. The East Siang District Police in September last year had arrested Raj Thapa and Boge Sonar for duping people with a fake “PhonePe” App.
The two accused, residents of Nepali Tinali, Jonai, Assam had allegedly duped businessmen in Ruksin and the surrounding areas with a fake "PhonePe" app. Initially 4 persons were apprehended in connection with the case out of which two were minors, but Thapa and Sonar were arrested upon an FIR lodged by one Tajong Panyang of Ruksin Village vide Ruksin PS Case No. 10/2024 U/s 318(4) and 3(5) of the BNS Act, informed Ayup Boko, Dy. SP. In his complaint, Panyang had reported that Raj Thapa had come to his wine shop in Ruksin earlier that day and cheated him through an online payment.
Dy. SP, Boko said that the scammers used a fake PhonePe app to scan and pay for items purchased from shops. The fake…