(MOREPIC1)Face2News/New Delhi
The staff of PS Cyber South District has done appreciable work by arresting a cyber fraudster namely Mainuddin Malik in case FIR No. 06/2023 dated 13/01/2023 U/s 420 IPC, Cyber Police Station, South District. Upon his instance, 04 Mobile Phones & 04 SIM cards used/operated in commission of crime were recovered.
A complaint was received at Cyber Police Station, South District in which the complainant alleged that she was the beneficiary of a life insurance policy but it got lapsed due to some reason for which she had already made payment of premium.
She alleged that in the month of August, 2022 she got calls from one unknown mobile number wherein the caller introduced himself as Pradeep from Insurance company and told her that the company has started a new plan for the lapsed policies and giving interest with premium. Thereby the complainant was lured to transfer the money for her lapsed policy and additionally he told that his assistant Sharad Sharma will speak to her to elaborate the plan.
Then for the few days one caller Sharad Sharma kept calling the complainant from different mobile numbers and induced her to make the payments in 03 different bank accounts. After agree with the callers, she made various transactions to the tune of Rs.7,94,692/- from her bank but she was never provided any receipt for her paid sum. The complainant later realized that she was cheated and reported the matter to police. Accordingly, a case FIR No. 06/2023 dated 13/01/2023 U/S 420 IPC, was registered at Cyber Police Station, South District and investigation was taken up.
Keeping in view the gravity of the case, a team led by Inspector Arun Kumar Verma SHO/Cyber South comprising of SI Preeti Mann, HC Sunil, HC Rajnish, HC Chhetermal, HC Udha Ram, HC Anil under the supervision of Shri Rajesh Bamania, ACP/Operations was constituted to arrest the accused persons involved in cheating.
Mr. Chandan Chowdhary, IPS, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South District, during the course of investigation, the call detail records of all the alleged mobile numbers were obtained from which the complainant had received calls and it came to notice that all the mobile numbers are mostly used from 11 am to 5 pm and usually off on Saturday and Sunday. As per the location they were found to be running in Noida but after sometime, 02 mobile numbers were also found to be not working.
The trail of the transaction of cheated money was analysed and it was found that the cheated money was withdrawn from the NoidaATM but due to the lapse of time no CCTV footage could come on record. As well as the bank account in which the cheated money was transferred found to be registered in the name of three different persons. Upon the meticulous analyzing of call record no any direct communication was found between the alleged calling numbers and the mobile numbers registered with respective banks.(SUBHEAD)
Relentlessly, the team kept technically analyzing their phone records and upon a extensive search, one mobile was found the supplier of internet connection to one of the alleged calling numbers from which the caller had also made communication to the complainant on her whatsapp.
The mobile number was found to be registered in the name of one Mainuddin Malik whose location during day hours traced in Noida and rest of the time in Hapur. Accordingly, a raid was conducted and accused Mainudin Malik was apprehended. He confessed to above said offence. Upon his instance, 04 Mobile Phones & 04 SIM Cards used/operated in commission of the offence were recovered.
INTERROGATION: During the course of interrogation, accused Mainudddin disclosed that earlier he used to work in different Insurance companies. He worked in a Management Solution Private Ltd located at Sector- 65, Noida, U.P. which used to sell insurance policies, he was given SIMs by his senior to make calls through walky talky but he used those SIMS in his personal devices to make call to the customers. During calls he came to know that one client has a lapse policy so he lured her to make payment and get interest on premium.
He used to speak in the name of Pradeep and Sharad. But the banks accounts in which the cheated money was transferred had been operated by someone else. He had got commission in lieu of calling the complainant. Two months back he had switched to new company but till had been using the SIM provided by him by his earlier company.
KNOW THE ACCUSED: Mainuddin Malik S/o Imamuddin R/o Moh- Kotla Sadat ChainaPuri, Hapur, U.P. Age 26 years.
RECOVERY: 04 Mobile Phones used/operated in commission of crime., 04 Mobile SIM Cards used/operated, in commission of the offence.
The staff involved in good work is being suitably rewarded.
