Cyber-crime cell busted a gang involved in cheating farmers to the tune of Rs 45.7 lakh in the name of procurement of wheat; valuables worth Rs 19.88 lakh was recovered while Rs 6.88 lakh were freeze in the bank accounts of the accused.
Police found that accused used to obtain buyer information from Justdial and commit fraud by taking advance payment in the name of gunny bags and transport. The accused are from well to do family. The accused has been an election candidate in the District Panchayat of Uttar Pradesh in the past.
A complaint was made by the applicant that in the name of supplying 1250 tonnes of wheat to the complainant by the operators of SM Export Company, by taking advance payment of wheat transport and gunny bags Rs 45.70 lakh with the complainant.
An application was submitted regarding fraud in which money was deposited from the complainant in total 4 bank accounts. On the basis of complaint police started investigation users of bank accounts and users of mobile numbers was registered and case under section 420 of the IPC.
During investigation it was found that main accused Anshu Singh and Gopal Somvanshi collect data from Just Dial, along with their other associates, operate a fake transport company, take data for calling victims and after deal struck they send the account to the buyer and ask for advance money.
As soon as the buyer puts the money, when the money comes to the bank account, along with other associates Deepak Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, and Vivek Vikram, they work to withdraw money from the bank account immediately and transfer the money to other bank accounts. All the accused are residents of Uttar Pradesh and crime record is under investigation.