CHANDIGARH CYBER CRIME POLICE NABBED ONE CYBER CRIMINAL FROM JHARKHAND

ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGH BY ARRESTING A CYBERCRIMINAL INVOLVED IN ADANI GAS-BILL CYBER FRAUD

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As per the directions of Ms. Geetanjali Khandelwal, IPS, SP-Cyber, UT Chandigarh, and under the close guidance of the DSP, Cyber Crime & IT, and supervision of the SHO, Police Station Cyber Crime, Sector 17, Chandigarh, a team of Police Station Cyber Crime has arrested one accused, namely Bimal Kumar Mandal @ Vidur, from District Jamtara, Jharkhand.

The accused was arrested in connection with FIR No. 81 dated 15.06.2026, registered under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station Cyber Crime, Sector 17, Chandigarh. 

The case was registered on the basis of a complaint in which the victim was allegedly contacted through WhatsApp and falsely informed that his Adani Gas connection would be disconnected due to non-payment of the previous month’s bill. The victim was induced to download an APK application, which resulted in his mobile device being compromised.Thereafter, unauthorized banking transactions were carried out, resulting in a financial loss of approximately ₹6 lakh.

Acting on the basis of technical and field investigation, a police team conducted a raid in District Jamtara, Jharkhand, and arrested Bimal Kumar Mandal @ Vidur, aged 23 years.

During the investigation, it was revealed that accused Bimal Kumar Mandal @ Vidur was allegedly obtaining Adani Gas customer data and malicious APK files from a person through Telegram.

The accused allegedly contacted Adani Gas customers through WhatsApp messages and calls, falsely claiming that their Adani Gas bills were pending or required to be updated. He then instructed the customers to follow certain steps to update their gas connections and sent malicious APK files to gain unauthorized access to their mobile devices.

After obtaining access to the victims’ devices, the accused allegedly carried out unauthorized transactions through debit cards, credit cards, and UPI, resulting in financial losses to the victims.
The fraudulently obtained amounts were thereafter allegedly transferred to other members of the cyber-fraud network through various bank accounts, wallets, and other modes.

A total of 10 mobile phones were recovered from the accused. The devices allegedly contained Adani Gas customer data and APK files and were found to have been used for making calls and sending WhatsApp messages to victims.

Further investigation has raised suspicion regarding the involvement of an insider employee of Adani Gas, who allegedly provided Adani Gas customer data to the accused for targeting victims.
The accused was sent to judicial custody after completion of five days of police remand. Further investigation is in progress to identify and arrest the other accused persons involved in the cyber-fraud network.