Cyber crime Bhopal have arrested 5 accused who sold the account to a gang that duped people of Rs 9.35 lakh in the name of investing in the share market. The accused are from Kozhikode, Kerala and Bhusaval, Maharashtra. All the five accused were produced in court on Saturday and sent under judicial custody.
Additional DCP Shailendra Singh Chauhan said that Mohammad Zainul, resident of Kohefiza, had lodged a complaint with the cyber crime cell. In the complaint it was stated that Karan Birla contacted him on WhatsApp and lured him to invest in a company named Sahaj Solar in the share market through an application named PMHDFC. Falling into the trap, money was transferred online to various bank accounts. The accused duped him of Rs 9.35 lakh in about 11 times.
Initially, when small investments were made, the accused gave returns with profit. As soon as more investments were made, the accused ended all kinds of contact.
The team of cyber crime Bhopal took immediate action and tracked information of the real users of WhatsApp numbers, applications and bank accounts used in committing the crime and the accused who sold the bank accounts to the real accused were identified by the team members at the field level using the information obtained.
On the basis of technical and field level information, 04 accused who sold the account to the gang for money were arrested from Kozhikode, Kerala and 01 from Bhusaval, Maharashtra and 4 mobile phones and 04 SIM cards used in the crime have been seized and search is on for other absconding accused. In the above case, 3 accused have already been arrested from Bhusaval, Maharashtra.
The nabbed accused were identified as Riyaz father Sharif resident Badkara district Kozhikode Kerala, He used to open fake accounts in his own name and sell them for money.
Rasal of Kuttiyadi district Kozhikode Kerala used to buy fake accounts and sell them for money to accused Mohammed Mubashir. Sachu of Nadapuram in Kozhikode, Kerala opens fake accounts in his own name and sells them for money.
