Bhiwani: Cyber Crime Police Haryana has arrested four accused in the case of cheating in the name of sextortion, advertisement in different states. Cases of cheating were registered against the accused in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Jharkhand, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal and Orissa. In these states, the accused admitted 44 fraud incidents and cheated the general public amount worth over Rs 58 lakh. Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhiwani Anoop Kumar, while giving information said that Superintendent of Police Bhiwani Nitish Agarwal had instructed the Cyber Crime Police Station to arrest the accused who allegedly cheated the general public in different ways. Taking action under this, Cyber Crime Police Station arrested four accused in the case of opening bank accounts fraudulently for committing frauds. Cases are registered against these criminals for cheating innocent citizens by opening their bank accounts and supplying those accounts to cyber criminals misusing financial information.
Initial investigation by Cyber Crime Police Station revealed that on investigating the bank accounts opened by the accused, it has been found that 44 complaints have been registered in different states of India on the said bank accounts in which a total fraud of more than Rs 58 lakh has been committed. He was working as a Sales Officer in Bandhan Bank used to open bank accounts of innocent people and then sell them for rupees ten thousand. Police arrested the prime accused Ronik, a resident of Kharak Kalan, from Hunamal Pyaau Bhiwani. The accused used to get bank accounts opened by deceiving innocent people, especially the working class and rural citizens. He used to take control of these accounts by promising jobs, benefits of government schemes or other temptations and kept the ATM cards, passbooks and check books related to these accounts with him.
Ronik who was initially a taxi driver at Gurugram, used to sell these accounts to his associates Naseem, Mohit and Shahrukh at the rate of Rs 10,000 each account. Shekhar used to trap people he knew. Police arrested the accused Shekhar alias Dhoni, resident of Paluwas Bhiwani from Hunamal Pyaau Bhiwani. The accused was an associate of Shekhar and Ronik. He used to open bank accounts of people he knew and sell them to Ronik. These accounts were further sold by Ronik for use in cyber crimes. Naseem used to buy bank accounts; the network was strong around Mewat in Haryana state. Police arrested Naseem, resident of Thalchana (district Deeg) in Rajasthan from Gurugram. The accused along with his partner Shahrukh used to buy bank accounts from Ronik and accused Naseem used to sell these bank accounts to cyber criminals. The information and network of these criminals was very strong in Mewat and the surrounding areas. Shahrukh used to bring bank accounts from Delhi and Haryana Police arrested Shahrukh, a resident of Thalchan in Rajasthan from Gurugram. The accused was the main associate of Naseem who used to bring bank accounts from various areas of Delhi and Haryana and sell them to cyber criminals through Naseem.
DSP Anoop Kumar said that police recovered 6 mobile phones, Rs 4,000 cash, passbooks of 20 bank accounts, cheque books of 10 bank accounts, 13 mobile SIM cards, 12 ATM cards,10 empty ATM cards from the accused. The four accused were produced in the court by the Cyber Crime Police Station, which ordered to send accused Shekhar and Ronik to the district jail, while the accused Naseem and Shahrukh were remanded to police custody for two-day During the remand period, intensive interrogation of the accused is going on. At the same time, efforts are being made to arrest other accused. Nitish Agarwal, Superintendent of Police, Bhiwani advised, be cautious while opening or sharing bank accounts. Do not open a bank account on the advice of any stranger. Do not give your bank related information like ATM card, passbook, checkbook and SIM card to anyone else. Do not fall into the trap of giving benefits of job, loan or benefits of government schemes. He advised not to believe any call or message coming from an unknown source without checking. In case of cyber crime, immediately inform about it on cyber helpline number 1930 or the Cyber Crime Police Station of your district.
