Involved in cyber fraud cases, 3 remanded in police custody
In a major crackdown, the Baddi police arrested three persons involved in cyber frauds comprising several crores of rupees last evening. They were remanded in three days police custody by a Nalagarh court today.
SP, Baddi, Vinod Dhiman said that a complaint was lodged by aggrieved persons from 13 states through toll free helpline no 1930 issued by the Government of India on national cybercrime reporting portal. As per their modus operandi, about 23 bank accounts opened in various banks were used to execute cyber crimes and deposit people’s money in the name of share trading, USDT CRYPTO Investment. Crores (Rs 6,67,00,000) of rupees were withdrawn by the fraudsters from various banks in Baddi-Nalagarh area through cheques, ATM, internet banking and bank vouchers.
A case under Section 318(4), 111 of the BNS for cheating and organised crime was registered at Nalagarh police station on April 15. Following this, a thorough technical investigation was carried out and three accused, namely Amrit Pal, Feroz Khan and Jaspreet Singh, were arrested last evening. Police probe revealed Amrit Pal, a resident of Ratyod village in Nalagarh, opened nine bank accounts in various banks. The record was obtained and it was found that about Rs 40 lakh were transacted from these bank accounts.
While investigating further, it was found that Feroz Khan, a resident of Navagram village in Nalagarh, had opened eight bank accounts in various banks and Rs 4 crore were transacted from all these bank accounts. Police found that Jaspreet Singh, a resident of Ratyod village in Nalagarh, opened four bank accounts in various banks which were used to transact Rs 28 lakh.
The police have frozen all 23 suspected bank accounts and blocked five mobile numbers which were used in the case. In addition to these youth, the police suspects several others may also be involved in the fraud as the case is being investigated from various aspects.
