Police file charge sheet against 10 in cyber fraud racket

The Chandigarh Police on Thursday filed a chargesheet against 10 persons in a cyber fraud racket allegedly being run from a hotel in Kajheri here.

The chargesheet has been filed against Birender Yadav, Devender Kumar Yadav, Shankar Suvan Shukla, Avinash Kumar, Ankit Jain, Nishant Mehta, Manish, Sushil Kumar Mishra, Deepak Sharma and Pushpender Dwivedi.

The chargesheet was filed under 319 (2), 318 (4), 338, 336 (3), 340 (2), 61 (2), 111 (2) and 111(3) of BNS.

A case was registered at the Cyber Crime police station on August 12, 2024 after the police received a complaint that few persons were alluring people such as rickshaw drivers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for giving their identity proofs like Aadhar cards in lieu of money ranging between Rs 10,000 and Rs 20,000.

An informer had told the police that the accused were residing in a hotel at Kajheri village. He alleged that by using their identity documents, the accused opened bank accounts which were used for cyber fraud and other illegal activities.

Following the information, the police raided the hotel and found that the accused were running the racket from there. Several Aadhar cards and bank account pass books were also recovered from the possession of the accused.

Police claimed that the SIM cards and bank accounts were used to carry out various kinds of cyber frauds. The bank accounts were also sold to other criminals for similar fraudulent activities, they said.