*Press Release South West District*
Dated: 10/07/2025

✳️ *ONE NOTORIUS CYBER CHEATER INVOLVED IN FAKE HOTEL BOOKING SCAM, ARRESTED BY THE STAFF OF PS CYBER/SWD*

✳️ *ACCUSED USED TO DUPE GULLIBLE PEOPLE ON THE PRETEXT OF ONLINE BOOKING OF LUXURIOUS HOTELS.*

      The staff of PS Cyber, South West District had arrested one notorious cyber cheater namely *Sharukh Khan R/o Firozpur Jirka, Nuh, Haryana, age 25 years.* With his arrest, 02 mobile phones used in the crime were recovered from his possession.

*INCIDENT:*
    A complaint was through NCRP wherein the complainant alleged that he was searching online to book a room at Hotel Lalit Golf & Spa Resort, Goa and he searched for the official website of the hotel and he was taken to website https://thelalitxxlgrxxort.in. He contacted the number provided, in the website, where the caller claimed himself to represent the Lalit Group. After confirming the booking, initially he was asked 50% advance payment however, later he was manipulated into transferring the entire amount in a single payment under the pretext that split transactions were not being accepted by the system. The victim transferred total ₹33,000 through UPI-based QR code transactions. Consequently, a case vide FIR No. 39/25, u/s 318(4)/319(2)/61(2) BNS was registered at PS Cyber, South West District and investigation was taken up.

*INVESTIGATION & STRATEGY:*
    Keeping in view, the gravity of the case, a team consisting SI Love Deswal, HC Sachin, HC Vikram Mahla, HC Vinod, HC Vijay Pal & Ct Narender was constituted under the supervision of Insp. Pravesh Kaushik, SHO/PS Cyber, South West, and under the overall supervision of Sh. Vijay Kumar, ACP/Ops, South West District. The team was tasked to adopt a proper strategy, focusing on arrest of cheater involved in duping citizens by way of Hotel Booking. Using technical surveillance, digital footprints, and analysis of money trail, the team identified the accused operating from Mewat, Haryana.

    Further investigation revealed that the money was credited to an ICICI Bank account belonging to a merchant account. Further, technical analysis revealed that the fraudulent website was registered using fake credentials. However, the team kept on working on the minor technical details. Finally, the sustained efforts of the team bore fruits and the accused was identified as Sharukh Khan R/o Firozpur Jirka, Nuh, Haryana.

    Accordingly, raids were conducted in the area of Nuh and after several raids accused Sharukh Khan was arrested. Two mobile phones were seized from his possession, including the Realme device and a secondary number which had appeared on the same fake hotel website shortly after the original incident. On interrogation, accused disclosed that he used to operate alone and the weblinks were arranged by him through one Naseem R/o Punhana. Efforts are being made to arrest co-accused Naseem.

*RECOVERY:*
1. 02 mobile phones.  

*CASE WORKED OUT:*
1. FIR No. 39/2025, u/s 318(4)/319(2)/61(2) BNS, PS Cyber, South West District, Delhi.

Further investigation is under progress.

*(AMIT GOEL) IPS*
DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
SOUTH WEST DISTT, NEW DELHI