Bhubaneswar: Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch Wednesday arrested the director of M/s Good Start Business Services (P) Limited from a place under Harinagar police limits of New Delhi in illegal digital loan app case, an official source said today.
The arrested man was identified as Nitin Mallik. Delhi Police (West) provided necessary assistance to the EOW-Odisha team in arresting the accused.
A press note of the crime-control agency stated that Mallik was arrested based on EOW PS Case No-13, Dtd-02.07.2022 U/s 294/384/420/467/468/471/120-B of IPC, R/w Section 66(D) of the IT Act, 2000.
Following the arrest, accused Mallik was produced before the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Tis-hazari, New Delhi and was brought to Bhubaneswar on transit remand for his production before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM), Bhubaneswar.
According to the source, the case was registered based on a complaint lodged by Shakti Prasad Dash of Bhubaneswar regarding harassment, extortion and mental torture by recovery agents of the digital loan app ‘Kredit Gold’ by sending humiliating, abusive messages and morphed photographs etc.
Acting on the complaint, Inspector of EOW Smt Pranati Senapati launched a probe, which ascertained that victim Shakti Prasad Dash after downloading the said loan app ‘Kredit Gold’ received an instant loan amount of Rs 9,000 and it was credited to his account.
However, just after four days he received whatsapp…
