6 held for Rs 52-cr cyber fraud

The cyber crime unit of the district police has arrested six persons allegedly involved in a cyber fraud of Rs 52 crore by opening fake company accounts in the Bank of India branch in Panipat.

The accused have been identified as Nishant of Patel Nagar and Sunny of Karol Bagh in Delhi, Anshul of Shimla, Sunil of Khubroo village, Dharmender and Pramod of Gannaur in Sonepat district. They had opened accounts in the name of Indo Carriers Agency and True Artificial Jewellers Private Limited.

ASP Harshit Goel said that the cyber team arrested Nishant and Sunny on Monday and produced them in court. Following disclosure by Nishant and Sunny, the cyber police arrested Anshul on Wednesday. Then, the cyber team arrested three more accused Sunil, Pramod and Dharmender.

The police produced Anshul, Sunil, Pramod and Dharmender in court on Thursday and the court sent them on four-day police remand. The police on Friday produced Nishant and Sunny in court after completion of three-day police remand and the court sent them to judicial custody.

The state nodal cyber crime team from Panchkula found 11 accounts suspicious during scrutiny at the Bank of India branch on NH-44 in the city here. After that, the cyber team investigated two accounts – True Artificial Jewellers and Indo Carriers Agency - and visited the bank branch. The team also visited the site shown in the accounts but no firm was found there. Then, the Panipat cyber team registered a case and began a probe into the matter.