Three members of gang involved in fraudulently transferring money from bank account by hacking mobile number and internet banking password from Kanpur were arrested by the district police. Crime Branch Bhopal and MP Nagar police in a joint investigation operation have nabbed three miscreants who were involved in Rs 10 lakh internet banking fraud on December 7.
According to the police complainant Suraj Prakat lodged a complaint with the MP Nagar police reading withdrawal of Rs 10,05,000 from his Union Bank account at Arera Colony branch.
Providing the modus operandi police confirmed that the miscreants used to search for victims using internet banking frequently and after finding such victims they used to obtain a duplicate SIM card of registered mobile due to which the victim’s SIM card used to get blocked and password required to access internet banking was procured by the miscreants using the duplicate SIM card and was used to transfer money from victim’s bank account.
A case was registered and Crime Branch Bhopal along with MP Nagar police started the investigation.
During the investigation details from Bank and Idea Telecom Company were procured. In the information whereabouts of the miscreants were found and police teams were rushed to Kanpur and lucknow which lead to the arrest of three miscreants from Kanpur but the main accused of the gang Ajay Prakash Tiwari is still at large.
The nabbed miscreant were identified as Aditya Kumar (53) , Pavan Kulshestra of Kanpur (49) and Rakesh alias Kamal Gupta. Aditya and Pavan are residents of Kanpur while Rakesh is resident of Varanasi. It was found that the money was transferred in two different accounts and transferred in two parts. The bank holding these accounts were contacted and details of the miscreant were obtained which helped in their arrest.