(MOREPIC1)Face2News/New Delhi
The staff comprising of PS Cyber South District has done commendable work by arresting agang of cyber cheats namely Praveen @ Deva Hindustani, Vijay Dhondu Bhandkoli, Dhamendra Kumar Mishra & Mihir Hitendra Panchal in case FIR No. 87/2022 u/s 420/34 IPC, PS Cyber, South. Upon their instance, 06 Mobile Phones, 13 SIM Cards, 29 Debit/Credit Cards, Cash Rs.7,55,500/-, Rs. 15,90,250/-lien/held in the bank accounts of accused person & 1280/- Euros lien/held in different Bank account, 05 Cheque Books, 03 Passbooks, 03 Aadhar Cards, 02 Pan Cards, 01 Labour Department certificate in the name Sharma Enterprises and 01 cheating case worked out.
Police said, a complainant reported in PS Cyber Crime, South District that on 03.09.2022 that he received a WhatsApp message from unknown number who proposed a profitable business, introducing himself as David Johnson an employee of a company belonging to country Togo in the name of Vet is Animal which is engaged in business of manufacturing animal vaccines and the raw material (Glucic based Extract) of the same is procured from India.
After that the same person provided the supplier details and contact person namely Miss. Binita. After that complainant was contacted by Miss Binita through email who convinced him and initially the complainant placed a sample order of raw material and transferred around Rs. 1,80,000/- on 09.09.2022 in the account provided by her.
After that complainant placed a bulk order of 30 Litres and transferred a total amount of Rs.50 Lakh approx. in various account numbers provided by the fraudsters. Hence, when the complainant sensed that he was cheated and defrauded a sum of Rs. 50 Lakhs/- Approx. by accused persons, he lodged a complaint. Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 87/2022 u/s 420/34 IPC, PS Cyber, South was registered and investigation was taken up.
Keeping in view the gravity of the case, a team comprising of SI Sandeep Saini, SI Sanjay Singh, SI Ankit, ASI Jitender, HC Vikas, HC Parveen, W/HC Seema, HC Rajnish, HC Inderjeet, HC Anil Kumar & Ct. Anoop led by Inspr. Arun Kumar Verma, SHO/Cyber South under overall supervision of Shri Rajesh Kumar, ACP/Operations was formed and briefed about the ramification of the case and directed to work in tandem on different aspects of the case.
During the course of investigation, bank details of beneficiary accounts in which the cheated money was transferred were obtained and all the accounts were found registered in the name of M/S Sharma Enterprises at various addresses of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Thereafter CDR, CAF & IMEI details of alleged mobile numbers were obtained and analyzed thoroughly. After that, the team divided into three parts and departed to Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat.
Through surveillance and technical analysis, raids were conducted and 02 accused persons namely 1. Praveen @ Deva Hindustani and 2. Vijay Dhondu Bhandkoli were arrested from Maharashtra. Further, accused person namely Dhamendra Kumar Mishra was arrested from Madhya Pradesh and accused namely Mihir Hitendra Panchal was arrested from Gujarat.(SUBHEAD)
They confessed to their involvement in the above said case. Upon their instance, 06 Mobile Phones, 13 SIM Cards, 29 Debit/Credit Cards, Cash Rs.7,55,500/-, Rs.15,90,250/- lien/held in the bank accounts of accused person & 1280/- Euros lien/held in Different Bank Accounts, 05 Cheque Books, 03 Passbooks, 03 Aadhar Cards, 02 Pan Cards, 01 Labour Department certificate in the name Sharma Enterprises were recovered.
Mr. Chandan Choudhary, IPS, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South District, said, during the course of interrogation, accused person Vijay Dhondu Bhandkoli disclosed that he met a person namely Praveen @ Deva Hindustani (Real name) who came to Mumbai in search of work at Saloon. He took his Aadhar Card on the pretext of providing a job and changed the name and prepared a fake Aadhar Card in the name of Vishal Mohan Sharma mentioning fake address of Mumbai (not existing).
Thereafter, companies were opened and registered on the name of Sharma enterprises and bank accounts were also opened by the name of Fake company in 25 different bank. After that they call the innocent people on the pretext of profitable business which is engaged in business of manufacturing animal vaccines and the raw material. They used to transfer the cheated money in the bank account opened on the name of fake company and withdrew the money.
MODUS OPERANDI:- The accused person used an app for Internet calling purpose and lured the innocent people on the pretext of profitable business which is engaged in business of manufacturing animal vaccines and the raw materials. They keep secret vault app to store the documents & Banking Apps. After that, the cheated money deposited in their accounts and accused Vijay Dhondu Bhandkoli transferred the cheated amount in several accounts after that he withdraw the same amount through various ATMS.
KNOW THE ACCUSED: Praveen @ Deva Hindustani S/o Mohan Sharma R/o Thog Pawaya, Village/Post Sihora, PS- Jamunapar, Teh- Mahawan, Distt- Mathura, U.P. Age 20 Years. , Vijay Dhondu Bhandkoli R/o Lodha Amare, Kolshet Road, Thane, Maharashtra. Age 43 Years., Dhamendra Kumar Mishra S/o Indramani Prasad Mishra R/o Village Amohra, Post- Madwas, Tehsil- Majhauli, Distt- Siddhi, M.P. Age 32 Years., Mihir Hitendra Panchal S/o Hitendra Kodarlal Panchal R/o Sidhivinayak Apartment, Bhiloda, Distt- Arrvali, Gujarat. Age 22 Years.
