Police officer giving information about the arrested accused.
In Jalandhar, Punjab, the rural police has busted a cyber fraud gang being run from Chhattisgarh. Dehat Police has arrested two people from Chhattisgarh. The accused are part of an international cyber fraud ring linked to Dubai and Cambodia. grip
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The investigation of the case started when 9 complainants contacted Phillaur police station in Jalandhar Dehat together. The complainants told the police that they were offered Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 to open bank accounts. These accounts were later misused for illegal financial transactions. In which money was transferred through hawala operations and gaming and betting applications. The money was sent via Delhi before being transferred to Dubai and Cambodia.
The accused were arrested.
A transaction worth Rs 1.40 crore was made from Karnataka Bank police station.
SSP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh of Jalandhar Dehat Police said – The team was investigating under the supervision of SP (Investigation) Jasrup Kaur Bath and DSP Phillaur Sarwan Singh Bal. A case was registered at Phillaur police station and investigation was taken up by a special team.
The breakthrough came after complainant Akashdeep informed the police about unauthorized transactions of Rs 1.40 crore from his Karnataka Bank account. Moreover, another complainant Sanjeev posed as a fake person to help the police identify the accused.
The network was running from Punjab, Delhi and Chhattisgarh
The investigation revealed 23 bank accounts. Which are suspected to be used for fraudulent activities and details are awaited from the concerned banks. The gang used to target economically weak people. Used their bank accounts for hawala transactions and routed the money to foreign networks. The gang’s operations were spread across several states including Punjab, Delhi and Chhattisgarh and they had links to Dubai and Cambodia.
Both the accused will be produced in the local court and their remand will be sought to investigate their front and rear links, identify additional members of the syndicate and trace the financial trail.