Sonepat : With the arrest of nine accused from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh , the cyber team busted an inter-state cyber-criminal gang who duped people worth crore of rupees by luring them into investing in the share market. Talking to media persons, Prabina P, Deputy Commissioner of Police East and Cyber said, Lokesh a resident of Omaxe City in a complaint to the cyber police on January 24 alleged cheated by amount worth Rs 47 lakh. He said that during the first week of October 2023, he came in contact with a broker, named Anand, who claimed himself an employee of Excel Stock Broking, Kolkata and was associated with the firm, Stock Benefit. He promised to cover his losses in the Indian market by investing in the foreign exchange market through the platform, Grow Trade. Police recovered from the arrested gang members 16 mobile phones, 44 Sim cards and Rs 5 lakh cash.
Complainant Lokesh in his complaint said, the accused remained in touch with him through their WhatsApp contact, initially on October 18, 2023, he deposited Rs 1,82,000 in two transactions on this platform. Later, profits accumulated with subsequent trading. When he tried to withdraw the amount, they asked to pay a tax on the portfolio on October 27, 2023, on the amount of Rs 7,77,403 from the e-mail ID. Despite that he was unable to withdraw the money and was told that he would get the money within 48 hours, after which the company again began its trading. The same process happened twice, wherein he paid the tax but for some reason or the other he could not withdraw the money and till January 18, they defrauded him of Rs 47.38 lakh, when the complaint was registered at the cyber police station and a probe was underway.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Prabina P further said the cyber team led by Inspector Basant Kumar, SHO, Cyber police station, arrested nine cyber criminals. The accused were identified as Aman Kaishri and Prateek Gupta of Varanasi, Pradeep Yadav, Deepak Yadav, Atishi Yadav and Yeswant Prajapati of Ajamgarh, Harsh Morya of Chandoli, Akash Singh of Gazipur and Aditya Sahi of Gorakhpur. The cyber team recovered Rs 5.47 lakh from the accused and an FD of Rs 4.60 lakh was seized apart from 16 mobile phones, 44 SIM cards, 59 SIM envelopes, eight empty mobile phone boxes. The accused were sent to police remand on the orders of the court and after the interrogation all accused were sent to judicial custody. As per the recovered data, a total of 207 complaints and cases were registered against the accused across India.
Meanwhile, Haryana CM Nayab Saini while having a meeting with Shatrujit Kapoor DGP, Alok Kumar Mittal CID chief and other senior police officers of Home Department gave a free hand to the police to take stern action against the criminals involved in cyber crimes and demanding ransom. Information reveals that nearly two dozen groups of nearly 150 members hailing from Haryana are active in spreading terror in the state by shooting at the business houses and demanding heavy ransom amounts.
Recently, police shot dead three members of Bhau gang and few other members of the gang along with members of Neeraj Faridpuri and Kala Khairampuria gangs are on police radar likely to be trapped in STF net soon. Efforts are being made to bring the leaders of gangs spreading terror in the state from abroad including gangsters Himanshu alias Bhau, Rakesh alias Kala Khairampuria and Joginder Gyong.
