Police nab 5 cyber criminals from Surat, Shivpuri

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Police nab 5 cyber criminals from Surat, Shivpuri

Thursday, 24 October 2024 | Staff Reporter | BHOPAL

Five cyber criminals were arrested by cyber crime team of the Crime branch Bhopal who were involved in fraud of over Rs 80 lakh, two were arrested from Shivpuri while 3 from Surat Gujarat who were part of a gang involved in cheating people in the name of investing in share market.

The fraudsters deposited Rs. 9 lakh in Shivpuri's bank , it was transferred to various bank accounts and later cash withdrawal was done.

In the investigation the account holder and the agent were arrested from Shivpuri. After buying the account, a transaction of about Rs 80 lakhs was done in the account.

Cash withdrawal of the cheated amount was found to have been done from bank accounts in Surat and two account holders and an agent were arrested from Surat.

The complaint stated that an unknown person cheated him online of Rs 9 lakh in the name of giving shares by MRTEE Marketing Private Limited Company.

A case under section 319(2), 318(4) of the B.N.S. was registered against the fraudsters.

The cyber crime team tracked the accused Ramnath Lodhi of Pichhore district Shivpuri MP and Dhaniram Jatav alias Shailendra alias Mintu.

In the further investigation Bambhaniya Shanti, Prajapati Ashwin Bhai and Parmar Kamlesh Bhai of Surat Gujarat, have been duly arrested from Kapodara district Surat Gujarat.

Meanwhile Habibganj police have booked a fraudster for duping to the tune of Rs 30 lakh in the name of facilitating insurance claim.

Habibganj police station has registered a case on the complaint of Atul Jain who lodged a complaint on Tuesday night. Police station in-charge Ajay Soni said that the complainant is involved in business and his father is a retired officer.

He was supposed to get an insurance claim of about Rs 40 to Rs 45 lakh. Five months ago, he received calls from three different mobile numbers. The callers introduced themselves as bank officials and assured him of getting insurance. Falling into the trap, Atul Jain kept doing whatever the fraudsters told him to do.

The fraudsters extorted about Rs 30 lakh from him in the name of processing fees and GST. Then he realized that he had been cheated. Police are finding out the details of the accounts to which the complainant has sent the money. The numbers of the fraudsters are also being traced.

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