Ranchi Police has arrested four cyber criminals who committed fraud of Rs 1.12 crore in the name of lottery. All the cyber criminals have been arrested from Sukhdevnagar police station area.

The arrested cyber criminals include Jyotish Kumar, Mohan Kumar, resident of Nawada district of Bihar, Ajit Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, resident of Irgu Toli, Ranchi. The police also recovered 85 ATM cards, 18 bank passbooks, 23 mobiles, Rs 1.39 lakh cash and many other items.

Addressing a press meet on Sunday Ranchi City Superintendent of Police (SP), Rajkumar Mehta said that Shobha Menon, a resident of Ernakulam, was duped by cyber criminals in pretext of a lottery worth Rs 1.5 crore. “In return, cyber thugs withdraw Rs 1.12 crore from her account in various ways. In this regard, Shobha had lodged an FIR in Ernakulam police station on July 26, 2023. On the basis of the FIR lodged, Ernakulam police reached Sukhdevnagar police station in Ranchi. With the help of Sukhdevnagar police, all four criminals were arrested. Police interrogated all four cyber criminals. The accused told the police that they had been living in a rented house in Irgu Toli for a year. During interrogation, the accused also informed that their gang members are all over the Country including Jharkhand,” he added.

“Members of cyber criminal gangs open accounts in various banks on the basis of fake documents. In return they gets Rs 20,000 from the gang. After this, the members of the gang give other types of fraud including lottery to the people and deposit the defrauded amount in that account. After withdrawing it through ATM card, they send it to the concerned cyber thug. In return they also get a separate commission,” said Mehta.