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Rohini District Cyber Cell has exposed a gang involved in fraud by posing as police officers and threatening the arrest of relatives. Police have arrested five members of the gang from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. All of them provided their bank account and SIM to the fraudsters. Police have seized four mobile phones used in the fraud, 41 SIMs, passbooks and documents of 18 bank accounts and ten debit cards from their possession.
The arrested accused have been identified as Vishwajeet Giri, Sudhir Pal, Ravi Kushwaha, Kunji Lal Ahirwar and Maya Singh, residents of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Rohini Cyber Cell complained of fraud by Deepak Kumar Gupta. He told that a call came on his mobile. The caller introduced himself as a police officer of Sadar police station. He told that his son and his three friends were in their custody. He threatened to register a case against the son and arrest him.
The victim asked to talk to his son. A voice like that of his son came from the other side. The accused asked him to deposit Rs 70,000 into his bank account online in exchange for his release. For the release of his son, the victim deposited money in the bank account given by the accused. Later the complainant came to know that no one had taken his son into custody. After realizing that he was cheated, he complained about it on the NCRP portal. Later, when the complaint was received in Rohini Cyber Cell, the officials registered a case of fraud on the statement of the complainant.
The police team led by Inspector Chaitanya Abhijeet investigated the bank accounts to which the money was transferred. Investigation revealed that the money was deposited in the bank account of Bhopal. Through technical investigation, the location of the accused was found to be in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. After this, the cyber team was immediately sent to Bhopal, where on secret information the police arrested Vishwajeet Giri. On interrogation, the accused told that he used to arrange bank accounts in Bhopal to receive the defrauded amount from the victim’s account.
He used to lure people from the lower class to provide their documents in exchange for some money to open bank accounts. He used to commit fraud along with his associates living in Bihar. The gang used to fraudulently transfer around Rs 2-3 lakh to different bank accounts every day. On the information of Vishwajeet Giri, the police arrested four accused who used to provide their bank account and SIM card to the fraudsters. Police are raiding the possible hideouts of the gang to catch them.
