Bhopal police arrested two accused involved in the fraud of Rs 38 lakh with a lady medical officer of Gwalior two and a half months ago, accused were committing the fraud in connivance with their accomplices from China and UAE. The accused committed the crime by posing as CBI officers and by threatening human trafficking and have also sent the money collected from the frauds abroad by transferring it online.
A record of buying US crypto currency worth about Rs 2.50 crore in a month has been found from their account, 18 accounts have come to light in which the cheated amount was transferred, including a young woman.
Gwalior police caught Shahrukh Khan son of Asif Khan from Bhopal's Aishbagh and Laiq Baig from Budhwara area. The police have taken both of them to Gwalior. They are being questioned after taking them on remand.
Gwalior SP Dharamveer Singh said that Shahrukh is the main member of the gang. After defrauding the female medical officer of Rs 38 lakh online , the amount was transferred to different accounts. Ten lakh rupees of this amount came to Shahrukh's account.
On 9 May 2024, Medical Officer Dr. Sujata Bapat complained to SP Dharamveer Singh that in the month of April, a person named Rajiv Gupta called on the mobile. The caller told himself to be from DHL courier company.
He said your parcel has been booked from Lucknow to Myanmar, which contains 20 passports, three credit cards, a laptop, 50 grams of MDMA and 4 kg of cloth. The booking address is A-16 Omnagar Road Pawanpuri Alambagh Lucknow. The receiver's address is John David resident House Number 207 City Dagan State Yangon Myanmar.
I said that this is not my parcel. The caller said to complain at Alambagh police station. When I said that I was in Gwalior, he said that I will connect your call to the police station.
The caller got the Telegram app downloaded. A video call came on Telegram. In the video, a man wearing a police uniform said that your cash is with the CBI. Your name is Ajay Mishra. You are a suspect in human trafficking and money laundering. I will make you talk to a CBI officer.
He told someone to talk to madam, sir, then that person said to arrest madam. There is an arrest warrant and property seizure order against her. The alleged policeman said that madam's Aadhaar and other information show that madam is innocent.'
'The alleged policeman made me talk to someone. He introduced himself as a CBI officer. He said that in Myanmar, eyes, noses and ears of 60 people have been removed, who are involved in human trafficking. Rs 3 crore 80 lakh of their family has come to your HDFC account, then I said that I do not have an account in HDFC bank.
When he asked, I gave the details of my bank accounts. He said that do not mention this to the family. Also, he refused to receive anyone's call. He sent a confidential contract letter on Telegram. He also asked for Rs 38 lakh. I transferred the money to the accounts mentioned.
The fraud amunt was transferred to different accounts. Police identified one of these accounts. This account was of Bhopal. Recently, a team led by Station Incharge Rajesh Singh Tomar left for Bhopal from Gwalior.
When information was collected, it was found that the account was in the name of Shahrukh Khan, son of Asif Khan, resident of Aishbagh. Police caught him. On his information, his friend was arrested from Budhwara.
Shahrukh, who was arrested, has a four-storey house in Aishbagh. It has all the amenities. Accused Laiq Beg is getting his house in Budhwara demolished and renovated. He is living on rent on two floors in a multi. He travels around in a Thar jeep.
Laiq is a cyber expert along with being a B.Com graduate. He was in direct contact with fraudsters from Dubai and China. According to his close ones, he used to earn 20-30 thousand rupees every day.
Investigation of the mobile phone revealed that accused Laiq Baig was committing cyber fraud along with his Chinese and UAE associates. The fraud racket was being operated from there.
