A team from the cyber cell of the Gurugram police has arrested two accused including a bank official of a private bank for allegedly providing bank accounts for cybercriminals, police said.
Priyanshu Diwan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (cybercrime), said that the arrested accused has been identified as Avinash Sharma and Aditya Chaturvedi both resident of Delhi.
According to the police, a man filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Police Station East in November 2024, that he was duped of `4.97 Crore in the name of investing in the stock market.
During the probe, the police of the said police station arrested the suspects from different parts of Delhi for the alleged involvement in the crime from Delhi on Wednesday.
During interrogation, the accused disclosed that Aditya Chaturvedi was currently working as business development manager at gujranwala town-2 of Idsusand bank in Delhi since 2023.
"The bank account used in the fraud was opened by Aditya Chaturvedi and sell it to Avinash in `25,000 to commit fraud. Chaturvedi took `10,000 to open saving account and `50,000 for current account," Sandeep Kumar, a spokesperson of the Gurugram police said.
Senior police officers of the Gurugram claimed that the police are closely working with other agencies and organisations to counter these frauds. “The cyber fraudsters commit fraud by luring people with good profits, investing in the stock market, reducing electricity bills, in the name of buying or selling cheap goods online, sextortion through video calls on WhatsApp, morphing, sending links through various means, posing as a customs officer or police officer in the name of implicating false case, in the name of issuing a No-Objection Certificate, digitally arresting people by showing the fear of implicating them in a criminal case, etc," Priyanshu Diwan, ACP (cybercrime), said.
"We appealed to the public to steer clear of such dubious callers and advised caution in sharing personal details to strangers stalking them online," he added.
“So far the Gurugram police have arrested 27 bank officials from different banks till now who were allegedly involved in cyber fraud,” Diwan added.
