Ambala:  The Ambala police arrested seven members of an inter-state gang of cyber fraudsters allegedly duping an Ambala resident Rs 26.57 lakh. The accused have been identified as Sumit, Narendra, Harshit, Shailendra, Gaurav, Hardik and Devesh belonging to Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Gurugram operating a network from Gurugram. The accused Gaurav was an YES Bank employee and used to provide bank accounts for frauds. Among seven arrested Sumit, Narendra, Harshit and Shailendra were arrested on March 25 and on their disclosure the remaining three accused Gaurav, Hardik and Devesh were arrested on March 27. Among arrested Harshit, Gaurav and Shailendra were  sent to jail on Friday and the remaining four were remanded to police custody on five-day police remand.
Addressing media persons Surinder Singh Bhoria, SP Ambala said there are 27 cases registered in different states, including Haryana, West Bengal, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh against the accused. The gang  had cheated a resident of Sector 8 in Ambala City who was duped of Rs 26.57 lakh on the pretext of investments in stock market and trading. The amount was taken over a period of one month and a case was registered at the cyber crime police station Ambala in June 2024 when Ambala police after investigation arrested seven members of this inter-state gang.
SP Bhoria said that police have seized Rs 13.74 lakh currency notes, 25 ATM cards, a money counting machine, seven mobile phones and six cheque books from the accused who used to open dummy accounts in the name of poor people and operate those accounts. After getting the amount in the accounts, they used to transfer the amount further into other accounts and then withdrew the money from ATMs they admitted during preliminary investigation.
The fraudsters using new techniques and methods to dupe people and even the well-educated people were being trapped in their net and duped by these cyber fraudsters. SP Bhoria advised that people should not share their OTPs and personal details with anyone and avoid investing money online after getting lucrative offers, and in case a person has been cheated, the victim should raise the complaint at the earliest and also alert the National Cyber Helpline.