Cyber crime police station, Gurugram have arrested two accused, including a bank official of UCO bank allegedly providing bank accounts to cyber criminals, Priyanshu Diwan, Assistant Commissioner of Police cybercrime cell, said that the arrested accused have been identified as Kanishk Vijay Vargiya of Mangrol in Rajasthan and Ram Avtar a resident of Jagatpura in Jaipur working as Deputy Manager in Mansarovar Branch of UCO Bank in Rajasthan, allegedly opened a account on the basis of fake documents to be sold to cyber criminals. While talking to media persons, Diwan said that a complaint was lodged at the Cyber Crime Police Station East on 23rd July  2024 that he was duped Rs 24.60 lakh in the name of investing in the share market.
During the probe, Inspector Naveen Kumar of the said police station reached up to the accused and arrested the suspects on Saturday for the alleged involvement in the crime in whose account the amount was credited from Rajasthan. During interrogation, the accused disclosed that Ram Avtar was working as deputy manager in UCO Bank Mansarovar branch Rajasthan since 2016. Investigation revealed that the bank account used in the fraud was fraudulently opened by Ram Avtar and Kanishk in collusion on fake documents, the same bank account was made available by the accused to another accused for cyber fraud. Information revealed that a total of 07 bank accounts were opened by the accused so far and took Rs 7,000 per account as commission. The arrested accused were produced in the court after registering the case and remanded to police custody. ACP said that so far the Gurugram police have arrested 21 bank officials within six months allegedly involved in cyber frauds