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Police Station - Cyber Crime of Chandigarh Police has achieved a major success in arrest of five  Cyber Criminals. Under the supervision of Sh. Ketan Bansal, Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime and under the close guidance of Sh. A Venkatesh Dy.SP/Cyber Crime leadership of Sh. Ranjit Singh, SHO, PS- Cyber Crime, raids was conducted in different states of India and arrested 100 Cyber Criminals from 01.01.2023 to till date from Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi NCR, West Bengal, Mumbai, Gurjrat, Rajasthan, Punjab etc.

The brief of arrested 05 Cyber Criminals in different cases FIR No. 100 dated 04.10.2023 u/s 419, 420, 120B IPC, PS – Cyber Crime, Chandigarh. The above mentioned case was registered on the complaint of Col. Ravinder Kumar Bava R/O Chandigarh, in which complainant reported that he was using many kind of online dating apps.

Once he received a voice call from an unknown number who introduced herself Tannu and asked him if he wants to be in friend relation with girl in Chandigarh. Then she asked him about the age of girls then complainant show interest in between 25 to 30 years of age. Then caller provided him a Google Pay number which was in the name of KB Telecom and asked him for pay Rs 2000/- in the name of registration. Then she sent photos of many girls and one of them was selected by the complainant with mobile number and begun chats with her, then one girl also asked Rs. 10,200/- in the name of Gold card and to send this money she provided another Google Pay account number and same was transferred by the complainant, after this that girl provided another number.

Then caller provided him a Google Pay number which was in the name of KB Telecom and asked him for pay Rs 2000/- in the name of registration. Then she sent photos of many girls and one of them was selected by the complainant with mobile number and begun chats with her, then one girl also asked Rs. 10,200/- in the name of Gold card and to send this money she provided another Google Pay account number and same was transferred by the complainant, after this that girl provided another girl’s mobile number. 

Cyber Criminals make available online dating applications for general public and contact the users of these applications. Users are asked to pay money in the name of registrations, gold card etc. and received payment through Google pay & other payments methods. After receiving the payment, no any kind of services are being provided. 2. FIR No. 108 dated 29.10.2023 u/s 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC, PS –Cyber Crime, Chandigarh.

After this, they both the girls start chats on whatsapp with complainant and they took 118,000/- in the name of different services which was deposited by the complainant but both the girls did not arrange any meeting with any girl. After this again a another girl again called him in which she told him that Tannu gave this contact and she told everything about my account and company terminated her and then after she died, and now she will try to refund his all amount but for refund he has to follow refund policies and he has to deposit more money and for deposit that money she provided a bank account number and mobile number and the same amount was transferred by the complainant.

During the course of investigation, a raid was conducted at Baranagar, West Bengal on the basis of technical investigation in search of accused and accused Dattatreya Kundu was arrested on 24.10.2023. Accused is in Police custody and further investigation is going on to arrest the other co-accused.

Detail of accused: 

Dattatreya Kundu S/O Sankar Kundu, # 11, Kedarnath Bhattacharya Lane, Kedar Bhaban, Kolkata

During the investigation, the following items have been recovered: 01 ATM Cards 02

MODUS OPERANDI: Cyber Criminals make available online dating applications for general public and contact the users of these applications. Users are asked to pay money in the name of registrations, gold card etc. and received payment through Google pay & other payments methods. After receiving the payment, no any kind of services are being provided. 2. FIR No. 108 dated 29.10.2023 u/s 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC, PS –Cyber Crime, Chandigarh.

The present case has been has been registered on the complaint of Madan r/o Chandigarh in which he reported he received call from mobile number and caller imposed himself as DBS bank Credit card employee. He told him that insurance scheme is active on his credit card (given specific credit card number) and Rs. 1500/- per month will be charge for that, he asked him whether he want to continue the insurance scheme on his credit card or he wants to discontinue the scheme.

He asked him to stop the insurance scheme on his credit card, then the caller sent OTP’s on his registered mobile number and complainant shared the same with him. After that he found that Rs. 23905/- deducted from his credit card in eight different transactions. After that the caller blocked his number.

Thus the complainant has been cheated with the tune of Rs. 23905/-.

During the course of investigation and a raid was conducted on the basis of technical investigation in search of accused, 03 accused Rohit Sharma, Sahil and one Lady have been arrested. Accused are in Police custody and further investigation is going on to arrest the other co-accused. Detail of accused:- Sr. No. Details 1. Rohit Sharma S/o Mahesh Chand R/0 #RZ 19b new Gopal Nagar Najafgarh Delhi.

Sahil S/0 Inderdev R/0 61 gali no. Prem N3. One Lady During the investigation, the following items have been recovered:- Name of article Number of article Mobile Phones 05;

Modus Operandi:- Cyber Criminals make calls to general public and imposed himself as DBS bank Credit card employee. He told them that insurance scheme is active on their credit card (given specific credit card number) and Rs. 1500/- per month will be charge for that, he asked him whether they want to continue the insurance scheme on their credit card or wants to discontinue the scheme.

Further they asked to stop the insurance scheme on their credit card, then the caller sent OTP’s on their registered mobile number and victim shared the same with the callers. After that amount deducted from their credit card.

FIR No. 40 dated 20.03.2020 u/s 506, 509 IPC & 66C, 67 IT Act., PSManimajra, Chandigarh. The present case has been registered on the complaint of Kavita Devi r/o Chandigarh reported that someone created fake Facebook ID on the name of Sarita Dhania and by using this account alleged person uploaded her personal pictures along with vulgar content. During the course of investigation, on 31.10.2023, accused person namely Vijay Kumar has been arrested in this case and released on Police Bail. Detail of accused:- Sr. No. Details 1. Vijay Kumar S/o Kitab Singh R/o Village Igrah, Distt. Jind now residing near Ravidas Mandir, new Krishna Colony Jind, Haryana

MODUS OPERENDI: Criminals make calls to general public and imposed himself as DBS bank Credit card employee. He told them that insurance scheme is active on their credit card (given specific credit card number) and Rs. 1500/- per month will be charge for that, he asked him whether they want to continue the insurance scheme on their credit card or wants to discontinue the scheme. Further they asked to stop the insurance scheme on their credit card, then the caller sent OTP’s on their registered mobile number and victim shared the same with the callers. After that amount deducted from their credit card.

Data Shared with I4C, MHA:- The details are being also shared with I4C, MHA to scrutinize the further links in more cases across the India. Police Station – Cyber Crime of Chandigarh Police has arrested 05 persons in above mentioned cases with sincere efforts and hard work of team. Three cases have been worked out and further investigation is going on. Recovery:- Police Station – Cyber Crime, Chandigarh Police recovered following items during investigation from 01.01.2023 to till date.

RECOVERY TILL DATE: Mobile Phones 177, SIM Cards 290,  Debit Cards 78 , Credit Cards 3 5. Laptop 6 Computer Items CPU – 2, Keyboard -1, Moniter – 5, Hard Drives – 4, Modem – 5, 7. Cash Rs. 5,00,000/- 8. Gold 2 chain, 4 rings, 2 coins, 9. Truck 04 10. 4 Wheeler 03 (01 Thaar, 1 Baleno Car, 1 Vegnar Car) 11. Documents etc. Adhaar- 2, PAN card- 7, Cheque book- 7, Passbook – 2, ID Card - 1 CRPF, Driving License – 2, Stamps- 11, 64 notebooks, 25 notebook, 2 Rim of Photostate papers, 1 Daiiry.  

FIR No. 40 dated 20.03.2020 u/s 506, 509 IPC & 66C, 67 IT Act., PSManimajra, Chandigarh.

The present case has been registered on the complaint of Kavita Devi r/o Chandigarh reported that someone created fake Facebook ID on the name of Sarita Dhania and by using this account alleged person uploaded her personal pictures along with vulgar content. During the course of investigation, on 31.10.2023, accused person namely Vijay Kumar has been arrested in this case and released on Police Bail. Detail of accused:- Sr. No. Details 1. Vijay Kumar S/o Kitab Singh R/o Village Igrah, Distt. Jind now residing near Ravidas Mandir, new Krishna Colony Jind, Haryana

Modus Operandi:- Accused is known to complainant and he used her personal picture to create fake Facebook account and also uploaded vulgar content on this Facebook account due to some dispute.