Gurugram police raid fake call centre with links in Bihar, 5 held

The Gurugram police have raided a fake call centre and arrested five persons, who would transfer the defrauded amount to various bank accounts. Officials have recovered 17 mobile phones, three laptops and two ATM cards from their possession. The accused revealed that they had links with some fraudsters at Siwan in Bihar.

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According to the police, an employee of a private company filed a complaint at the cyber-crime South police station on May 27, stating that someone had sent him WhatsApp messages, introducing himself as the owner of the firm. The accused transferred crores from the company’s bank account to various accounts from May 19 to May 27. When the victim got to know about fraud, he approached the police.

After registering an FIR, the cyber police team arrested four persons, identified as Gaurav, Jatin Sharma, Shivam and Ankit, all residents of Delhi. Three mobile phones and Rs 5,000 cash were recovered from their possession.

During interrogation, Gaurav revealed that of the defrauded amount, Rs 29.60 lakh was transferred to his bank account while Rs 32.50 lakh was transferred in the account of accused Shivam. Following this, a cyber-police team, led by Inspector Naveen Kumar, reached Bihar’s Siwan on Monday. When the police team raided the accused’s hideout, they found five persons transferring money into various bank accounts through mobile phones and laptops. When the police team asked them for any valid documents related to the transactions in the banks, they were unable to produce any valid documents .

The accused were identified as Aftab, Mohammad Arif, Irshad Hussain, Wazir Ali and Amlesh Kumar, all residents of Khairthal Pachaura village in district Siwan in Bihar.

“The accused revealed that an associate from their village provided them with details of bank accounts. His other associate tells about when and how much money has to be transferred to the bank account,” said Priyanshu Jain, ACP (Cyber).