IITian among three held for cyber fraud from Jaipur
The Gurugram police arrested three accused including an IIT student, who were working for an overseas cyber fraudsters. The accused were arrested from Jaipur, Rajasthan after conducting a raid. They not only provided bank accounts to cyber fraudsters for a 30 percent commission but also operated these accounts.
The police have recovered 11 mobile phones, 40 SIM cards, 43 ATM cards, 15 bank passbooks and 7 cheque books from their possession.
According to the police, the arrested accused were identified as Saurabh Kumar Meena (27), resident of Jaipur, Abhishek Bishnoi (20), resident of Phalodi and Laxman alias Lucky (22) resident of Nagaur in Rajasthan. Saurabh Kumar Meena is a student of IIT Jodhpur, Abhishek Bishnoi is educated in Nursing and Laxman alias Lucky holds a MA degree.
According to the police on January 1, 2026, a man filed a complaint with the cyber police station west, stating that a person contacted him through the Telegram app and defrauded him of approximately Rs 313,000 under the pretext of completing a task. The police registered a case and, during the investigation arrested three accused from Jaipur on Thursday.
“During interrogation, the accused revealed that they worked for cyber fraudsters based abroad. They purchased bank accounts used in cyber fraud and operated them. They took a 30 percent commission from the proceeds of cyber fraud and sent the remaining funds to the cyber fraudsters based abroad via USDT. Two accused were sent into judicial custody while we are questioning the main accused Saurabh Kumar Meena after taking him on two days of police remand. The case is under investigation,” said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP cyber.
