ACCUSED PERSONS USED TO ARRANGE MULE ACCOUNTS AND SUPPLY TO COMPANY THROUGH TELEGRAM., ACCUSED PERSONS USED TO WITHDRAW THE CHEATED AMOUNT AND THEN DEPOSITED IN ANOTHER MULE ACCOUNTS AND THEREAFTER PURCHASE USDT AND SENT TO COMPANY (CHINESE)., 11 MOBILE PHONES, 6 ATM CARDS & ONE LAPTOP AND MANY BANK ACCOUNT CHEQUE BOOKS., THE COMPLAINANT WAS CHEATED OF RS 15 LACS DURING DIGITAL ARREST.  43 NCRP COMPLAINTS FROM VARIOUS STATES FOUND LINKED ON MHA PORTAL

Face2News/New Delhi

In recent past the complaints and cases of Digital Arrest have been reported across the country and in the very similar case of Digital Arrest, a team of PS Cyber, South West District has done commendable work by arresting Five fraudsters namely Imran Qureshi S/o Zafar Qureshi, Age- 23 Yrs R/o Shekh Bara, Prem Nagar, Jhanshi , Asad Qureshi S/o Zaheer Uddeen, Age 24 Yrs R/o Shekh Bara, Prem Nagar, Jhanshi (UP)- Dev Sagar S/o Lt. Devendra Sagar Age 20 Yrs, R/o Summer Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Isai Tola, Khati Baba, Jhansi (UP), Javed S/o Rafik, Age 20 Yrs, R/o Near Ramkumar Dhud Wala, Manoj Garden, Prem Nagar, Isai Tola, Jhansi (UP)- Abhishek Yadav S/o Sh. Om Prakash Yadav, Age 23 Yrs R/o Rasbahar Colony Nandan Pura Sipiri Bazar, Jhansi .

With their arrest, 11 smart phones, 6 ATMs, one laptop & many bank account cheque books used by the above said accused persons for the commission of alleged crime recovered from their possession.
 
On 08/12/2024, the complainant Shri Gopal R/o Rajnagar II, Dwarka New Delhi Age 81 Years who is a retired Army Personnel lodged a NCRP complaint wherein he stated that he received a call regarding non bailable warrant issued by the Mumbai Court in a money laundering case. He was put under Whatsapp video surveillance on the pretext of investigation proceedings of money laundering case and made to visit his AXIS Bank for transferring Rs. 15,00,000/- from his bank account to DBS bank account provided by the fraudster.

The alleged persons told him that they will refund the amount with interest to the complainant's bank account the next day. He got convinced by their words and he broke an FD of Rs. 15 lakhs & sent it to the DBS Bank account of Prestige Pulse Constructions Pvt ltd branch Nagpur. After preliminary enquiry, a case vide FIR No 106/2024, U/s 318(4), 319(2),61(2) B.N.S was registered at PS Cyber, South West and investigation was taken up.

INVESTIGATION: Suredra Choudhary, IPS, DCP, South West, said, keeping in view, the gravity of the crime, the team was tasked to take bipolar strategy in the investigation of the case; one to investigate money trails and other on technical leads of the case. During investigation, complete details of the money trial were taken and analysed. As per money trail, the cheated amount was transferred to DBS Bank account of Prestige Pulse Constructions Pvt ltd branch Nagpur which was found registered in the name of Virendra Ravindraji Kamble S/o Sh Ravindra Shamraoji Kamble R/o Sant Tukdoji Ward Ramaninagar Hinganghat Distt. Wardha Maharashtra.

The alleged account holder Virendra Ravindraji Kamble S/o Sh Ravindra Shamraoji Kamble was traced & interrogated who he told that he was approached by one person from Jhansi for opening the account thereafter he does not know about the utilization of his account.

After analysing the technical surveillance, a team comprising SI Jagdeep, HC Harender, HC Praveen & Ct Vikas was constituted under the leadership of Insp. Vikas Kumar Buldak, SHO/PS Cyber/SW to conduct raids at possible hideouts in Jhansi and nearby places.

The internet footprints of the alleged bank account were deeply analyzed & the alleged user of the bank account was zeroed in the area of Paharganj, Delhi. Immediately a team of comprising SI Sumit, HC Sanjay and HC Vinod was constituted and raids were conducted in Paharganj area.

After dedicated efforts, four accused persons namely Imran Qureshi S/o Zafar Qureshi, Age- 23 Yrs, Asad Qureshi S/o Zaheer Uddeen, Age 24 Yrs, Dev Sagar S/o Lt. Devendra Sagar Age 20 Yrs, Javed S/o Rafik, Age 20 Yrs were apprehended & alleged mobile phones and other banking documents were recovered from their possession.

During sustained interrogation, they confessed their involvement in the present crime and further told that they were involved in the fraud for last 5-6 months. They came in the contact of one Abhishek Yadav R/o Jhansi who told them that he can get them good benefits in an online work. He tasked them to arrange the bank accounts and SIM cards.

On his direction, the accused Asad Qureshi got opened the bank accounts and got issued the SIM cards of the laborers who work at their construction site and supplied the same to Abhishek. Another accused person Imran Quresi also arranged the bank accounts and SIM cards to Abhishek from nearby area of his residence on the pretext of benefits. The main accused Abhishek Yadav does not meet them and has communication through international WhatsApp account number. He sent their commission through UPI from mule accounts and sometimes supplies cash through agents.

They further told that they sometimes got commission in USDT in their Binance account from unknown sources. Immediately, raids were conducted at the possible hideouts of accused Abhishek Yadav but he was found absconding.

After extensive technical surveillance, accused was located in Indore (MP). Immediately, the team rushed there and caught the accused Abhishek Yadav S/o Sh Om Prakash Yadav R/o Q 4 Rasbahar Colony Nandanpur Sipri Bazar Jhanshi (UP) age 23 years from a rented accommodation. During investigation, he was taken into police custody and sustained interrogation was conducted who confessed his crime. Further investigation is under progress regarding the bank accounts and communication channels of the accused persons.

KNOW THE ACCUSED: 

Abhishek Yadav S/o Sh Om Prakash Yadav R/o Rasbahar Colony Nandanpur Sipri Bazar Jhanshi (UP) age 23 years. He has done ITI from Bundelkhand (MP). He wanted to earn easy money to live a lavish life. He heard about accounts arranging and supplying. Later he came in contact with the company (Chinese) through Telegram. First he built trust with them in a timely execution of their directions. Later when he settled with them, he started engaging other known or locals for providing bank accounts for utilising the gaming app and enticing handsome benefits. He has supplied more than hundreds of accounts to the Chinese through Telegram.

Imran Quareshi S/o Zafar Quareshi R/o Shekh Bara Prem Nagar Jhanshi (UP ) age 23 years . - He has done graduation (BA).

Asad Quareshi S/o Zaheer Uddeen Age 24 years.  He has done ITI from Veer Bhumi Bundelkhand (MP).

Dev Sagar S/o Lt Devender Sagar R/o Summer nagar Shastri Nagar, Isai tola Khati baba Jhansi (UP) age 20 years. He has done 10 from Local School.

Javed S/o Rafiq R/o Near Ramkumar dhud wala Manoj Garden Prem nagar Isai Tola Jhansi (UP) age 20 years . He is 8th class passed out.

 Further investigation is under progress.