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The Cyber Police Station of the South-West District has started a raid campaign in the places which have become hot spots for cyber crime across the country. The police has arrested 19 cyber criminals including a young woman by raiding seven states. The police has exposed six different gangs of fraud by raiding Jamtara and Giridih (Jharkhand), Mewat (Rajasthan), West Bengal, Rajgarh and Sifor (MP), Samastipur (Bihar), Pratapgarh (UP), Mumbai (Maharashtra) Ajmer (Rajasthan).
South-West District Deputy Commissioner of Police Rohit Meena said that about 148 NCRP complaints have been received against the accused so far. In this operation, 42 mobile phones, 21 SIM cards, 6 ATM cards and 2 fake Aadhar cards were recovered. In these cases, transactions and deposits of about Rs 6.93 crore were found in the alleged bank accounts. More than Rs 35 lakh was seized from the alleged accounts of the fraudsters. Cyber crime complaints / cases have increased significantly across the country and in the national capital. The number of complaints is also increasing in the South West District. Due to this, raids are being conducted at cyber crime hotspots.
Raids in seven states in one week: Cyber Thana Police conducted operations in cyber crime hotspots and other cities of seven states within one week. These include Jharkhand-Karamtar district Jamtara and district Giridih, Samastipur of Bihar, Rajgarh, Sephor and Biaora of Madhya Pradesh, Pratapgarh of UP, Mumbai, Ajmer Rajasthan and West Bengal.
Third arrest in the case: This is the third arrest in this case. Earlier, Bangalore resident Mohammed Ali (25) son of Mahmad Akbar and Deepu P son of Putta Swamy were arrested on August 8. The accused had made the victim join the WhatsApp group through an invitation link on WhatsApp. They induced the victim to open an institutional account and announced to bring two shares daily and sell them the next day to make a profit. After that the complainant opened his institutional account with them and started investing his money. He also downloaded the PO Securities application from the Play Store as per their instructions. Believing it to be true, the complainant invested Rs 18 lakh from his UCO Bank account in three transactions in the accounts mentioned by them.
Arrested accused
From Madhya Pradesh, Kanta Prasad Carpenter son of Laxmi Narayan, Sachin Pathak son of Haridas, Sanjay Kumbhakar son of Shivlal, Mukesh Dangi son of Kailash, from Rajasthan, Sahil son of Hussain Khan, Waris son of Fazru, Ramji Lal son of late Kishan, Tejpal son of late Jatan Lal, Rakesh Jat son of late Bhanwar Lal, from Bihar, Santosh Kumar son of Ram Shobhit Roy, from Jharkhand, Arun Kumar Mandal son of Thami Mandal, Narayan Kumar Mandal son of Churaman, Rajesh Kumar Mandal son of Khublal Mandal, Anand Mandal son of Jairam Mandal, Kundan Kumar Das alias Aryan son of Manohar Das, Deva son of Suresh, resident of Jwalaganj Ghoshiana Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, Khushi Saini daughter of Raju Saini, resident of Basant Vihar, Gautam Pur, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh are included. From Karnataka, Mohammad Ali son of Mohammad Akbar is included. Police is investigating the matter by interrogating them.
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The team of SI Luv Deshwal posted at Cyber police station has arrested Chetan Naidu son of Venkatesh Naidu, resident of Grant East Road, Mumbai. The accused person used to handle/operate bank accounts for fraudulent funds. He played the role of middleman between fraudsters from across India and abroad. Also, he, along with other fraudsters, operated Telegram and WhatsApp accounts created on fake IDs. A victim was cheated of Rs 18 lakh by luring him with good returns in online investment in the stock market. 40 NCRP complaints of this kind were received on the MHA portal from various states across the country. SI Luv Deshwal found an amount of Rs 3.27 crore in the account of the accused. Crypto currency was used to transfer this amount.
