Three arrested in cyber fraud case, Rs 21.41L recovered

The Khanna police claimed to have cracked a major cyber fraud involving a huge sum and arrested the suspects.

Vinod Kumar, in-charge, Cyber Crime police station, Khanna, led police teams in arresting three suspects in the cyber fraud and recovered Rs 21.41 lakh from them.

Khanna SSP Darpan Ahluwalia, in a statement issued stated that on January 13, the complainant, Dr Gurjeet Singh, a resident of Karamsar Rara Sahib, said unidentified persons fraudulently transferred Rs 21,41,000 from the complainant’s account on the pretext of providing a loan/grant under the MSME innovation scheme, amounting to Rs 5.5 crore. After receiving a complaint, a case was registered against the suspects.

Dr Ahluwalia said during the investigation, the suspects, Meghna Pankaj Gala, a native of Mumbai and at present staying in Jaipur; Pushkar, resident of Dholpur, Rajasthan; and Bhupender Sharma of Jhalawar, Rajasthan, were arrested. Now, as per the complaint, the victim has received his full amount of Rs 21.41 lakh. The cyber wing of the Khanna police solved the case in a professional manner.

Meanwhile, the Khanna police have appealed to the public that if any unknown person shares suspicious links, asks for OTPs or seeks bank details, such information should never be shared. If any such incident occurs, call the 1930 cyber helpline number and share details promptly so that the fraudulently transferred money could be put on hold and recovered in time.