2 Chhattisgarh residents held in cyber fraud case

The Kurukshetra police have arrested two accused in connection with a cyber fraud case, in which a couple was duped of Rs 50 lakh in the name of investment in the share market.

The accused have been identified as Girish Pawar and Dhruv Kumar, residents of Chhattisgarh. They were produced before a court which sent them to judicial custody.

A Kurukshetra police spokesman said a woman complainant, a resident of Vashishth Colony in Kurukshetra, in her complaint stated that she saw an advertisement regarding trading and investment on her mobile phone. After she tapped on the advertisement, she received a WhatsApp call and the caller informed her about the trading and investments in the stock market.

“After being influenced by the pitch of the accused, she invested some money in the stock market. She was then lured with the promise of higher profits and returns, following which the woman and her husband started putting more money in trading. The accused had duped them of Rs 50.65 lakh. After realising that they have been cheated, she filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime police station and during the investigation, the account holders Girish Pawar and Dhruv Kumar of Chhattisgarh were arrested,” he added.

The Cybercrime police station in-charge, Mahesh Kumar, said Rs 14.88 lakh of the defrauded amount from the complainant’s account were put on hold and were returned to the complainant. During investigation, it came to light that Rs 16.30 lakh were fraudulently deposited into the account of Girish Pawar, from the complainant’s account. The accused had provided his account to the cyber fraudster so that the defrauded amount could be deposited into his bank account as he used to receive a commission. During further investigation, it also came to light that the transactions worth Rs 5-6 crore of cyber fraud took place in Girish Pawar’s bank account during May, and he received a commission of Rs 6.50 lakh for providing his bank account.

He further said the bank account of Girish Pawar was found to be used in 75 cyber fraud complaints, while another account was found to be used in 38 other similar complaints, making his accounts to be used in 113 complaints across the country. The accused have been sent to jail after being produced in a court.