Cyber crime nabbed a three-member gang from Jharkhand involved in duping people to the tune of Rs1.3 lakh by posing as bank officials and obtaining bank details.
The accused were nabbed after a complaint was lodged by the victim laxmi Singh Rajput who works with a telecom company and was duped to the tune of Rs1.3 lakh.
In his complaint the victim stated that on February 21, 2017 he received a missed call from mobile number 9733307017 and when contacted he told that he is SBI official and obtained OTP.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police registered a case under section 419, 420, 468, 120B of the IPC and 66 D of the IT Act. In the initial investigation police found that out of the Rs1.3 lakh cheated Rs1 lakh were spent in shopping at Big Bazaar store in Ranchi Jharkhand. A lED TV of Sony company, one Samsung Galaxy J-7 and two Redmi mobile phones were purchased from the duped money.
During the further investigation accused Santosh Kumar Yadav was traced and nabbed and recovered Rs98000 and Redmi mobile phone from his possession.The accused was a resident of Dharwa Bihar. He confessed operating nexus along with two other accomplices Jyotish Kumar Mandal and Chandan Kumar Mandal of Gauripur Jharkhand.
The main accused was identified as Anil Kumar Mandal of Dumka Jharkhand. Police found that the main accused has been wanted in two cases of cyber crime.
The three accused were brought to the city and were produced in the court and sent under judicial custody.