4 Rajasthan men held for providing bank account details to cyber thugs

The Gurugram police have arrested four persons for providing bank account details to cyber criminals. The accused were involved in a fraud of Rs 1.20 lakh.

The accused were identified as Sameer, Roop Kishore, Shravan and Manoj, all residents of Sikar in Rajasthan.

According to the police, a complaint was filed at the cybercrime police station (South) on October 1 last year, in which the complainant had stated that he was duped of Rs 1.20 lakh by some persons who threatened to post his fake pornographic video online.

While investigating, the cyber police arrested the accused at Sikar in Rajasthan on Friday. “The bank accounts of Sameer and Shravan were used for fraud and Roop Kishore and Manoj provided these accounts to cyber fraudsters. In return, Shravan, Sameer and Roop Kishore got Rs 3,000 while Manoj got Rs 6,000. We are questioning the accused and conducting raids to nab the main cyber criminals,” said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (Cyber).