Former bank official among 9 held for Rs 1.78-crore cyber fraud

The cyber cell wing of the Gurugram police has arrested a former official of a private bank along with his associate for allegedly opening fake bank accounts for cyber criminals. The cyber police solved a Rs 1.78-crore fraud committed by them in February in the name of investing in the stock market.

ACP (cybercrime) Priyanshu Diwan said the accused former bank official was identified as Mukul Suhalka, formerly working with the IndusInd Bank.

His associate, Prahlad Suhalka, was also arrested by the cops. They both were arrested from Udaipur and Chittorgarh, respectively.

The police official said a total of nine cyber criminals were arrested in this regard so far.

Accordingly, a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, 2000, was registered. During investigation, the police froze Rs 39.60 lakh in various bank accounts, which was transferred by the fraudsters to other accounts out of the total amount. The recovered sum was returned to the victim.