“Christian pastor arrested in Darjeeling for duping Nagaland woman by making her pay Rs 3.5 crore for ‘mystery box’”, Opindia, December 3, 2023:
“On Sunday, December 3, a pastor from West Bengal’s Darjeeling district was arrested for allegedly duping a woman from Dimapur in Nagaland into buying a ‘mystery box’ for Rs 3.5 crore that would bring her riches. According to Dimapur Police, the accused Reverend Timothy Joshi, pastor of New Life Church Ministry in Darjeeling’s Kantibhita, would dupe unsuspecting Christians into numerous frauds.
Reportedly, the accused told the victim that the fortune box was on sale for Rs. 3.4 crore, but that its real value was assessed to be Rs. 22 crore.
According to the DCP (Crime) and PRO Dimapur police, the victim was introduced to one Manish Awasti, posing as the managing director of RM Trading Company, who promised to buy the “Mystery Box” for Rs.22 crore on the condition that the victim first invest in the box by paying Rs. 4 crore. As a result, the victim sent Rs. 3.5 crore to multiple scammers’ accounts in a series of bank payments between 2019 and 2020……”
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