ACCUSED PERSONS USED TO CHEAT PEOPLE ON THE PRETEXT OF CUSTOMER CARE SERVICES & WITHDREW CHEATED MONEY FROM ATMs IN DEOGHAR, JHARKHAND, 8 NCRP COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND LINKED TO ALLEGED CALLING NUMBERS & MONEY TRAIL OF Rs. 15 LAKHS FOUND IN ALLEGED BANK ACCOUNTS, 3MOBILE PHONES, 2 ATM CARDS & FIVE THOUSAND RUPEES CASH RECOVERED
(MOREPIC1)Face2News/New Delhi
A team of PS Cyber, South West District has done a commendable work by arresting two fraudsters namely Mustaqeem Ansari S/o Abdul Sattar R/o Village Kalujot, Charakmara, PS-Sarath, District Deoghar, Jharkhand, Age 31 years and Md. Rizwan Ansari S/o Abdul Bahaw Ansari R/o Village Kalijot, Sadharia PS-Sarath, District Deoghar, Jharkhand, Age 26 years. With their arrest, two ATM Cards, cash five thousand rupees and three mobile phones have been recovered from their possession.
On 09.08.23, complainant Ms. Rajana Kaul D/o Kanwal Kishan Kaul R/o Vasant Kunj, New Delhi lodged a complaint at PS Cyber South-West wherein she alleged that on 09.08.2023, she searched customer care number of Punjab National Bank on Google & she called on the alleged mobile number mentioned on website. The alleged person advised her to download Rust Desk App & took access of her phone and account related information. Later, a total amount of Rs. 5,45,000/- were debited from her Canara bank account. After preliminary enquiry, a case u/s 420 IPC was registered at PS Cyber/SWD and investigation was taken up.(SUBHEAD)
Mr. Rohit Meena, IPS DCP,South West Distt., said, during investigation, beneficiary details of alleged transactions were sought from the concerned banks & analyzed. It was known that the cheated amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- was credited in HDFC A/c of Gaurav Singh R/o Vill.- Pure Hanuman Singh, Ramgarh Tiharia, Thana Jagatpur, Post Ramgarh, Tiharia, Rai Bareli UP, Rs. 1,20,000/- were credited in HDFC Bank A/c of Isaq Khan R/o Jagupura Parsen, Gwalior M.P., Rs. 80,000/- were credited in HDFC Bank A/c of Meeladi W/o Muneemakhaun R/o 250, Chittaria, Gramchitoria, The Gohad, Distt. Bhind, M.P. & Rs. 2,00,000/- were credited in HDFC Bank A/c of Ashma Bano R/o Maharajpur Road, New Housing Board colony, Durga Dass colony Jaura Khurd, Morena, M.P.
On analysis, it was known that the cheated money from all beneficiary bank accounts was withdrawn from ATM in Deoghar, Jharkhand. On analysis, total money trail of Rs. 15 lakhs was found in alleged bank accounts & on checking on NCRP, total 08 complaints were found linked to alleged calling number.
Accordingly, a dedicated team comprising Inspector Pankaj Kumar, HC Harender & HC Praveen Kumar was constituted under the guidance of Insp. Vikas Kumar Buldak, SHO/PS Cyber/SWD and overall supervision of Sh. Devender Singh, ACP/Operations to nab the culprits. Further the team analyzed technical surveillance & conducted raids at possible hideouts in Deoghar, Jharkhand. On the basis of technical surveillance, accused persons namely Mustaqeem Ansari & Md. Rizwan Ansari were arrested from Deoghar, Jharkhand in the present case. Two ATM Cards, cash five thousand rupees and three mobile phones were recovered from their possession.
Accused Mustaqeem Ansari S/o Abdul Sattar R/o Village Kaujot, Charakmara, PS-Sarath, District Deoghar, Jharkhand, Age 31 years and Md. Rizwan Ansari S/o Abdul Bahaw Ansari R/o Village Kalijot, Sadharia PS-Sarath, District Deoghar, Jharkhand, Age 26 years came in contact with fraudster Md. Irfan Ansari R/o Deoghar, Jharkhand & started cyber fraud on the pretext of customer care services by running Ads on Google. They purchased bank accounts from different states & withdrew the cheated amount from ATMs in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
RECOVERY:
1. Three Mobile phones
2. Two ATM Cards
3. Five thousand rupees cash
4. Money trail of Rs. 15 lakhs found in alleged bank accounts
CASE WORK OUT:
1. FIR No.62/2023, u/s 420/120B/34 IPC PS Cyber/South-West
Further investigation is underway.
