In a crackdown, Cyber Crime police personnel of Koraput district have arrested three youths from Bihar for their alleged involvement in an online fraud.
The accused were identified as Bhola Prasad (46), Gourav Kumar (23) and Vikas Kumar (23) of Chakbai village in Nawada district of Bihar. Besides nabbing the trio, police have also recovered cash of Rs 1.5 lakh, a laptop, 14 mobiles and three passbooks from their possession.
As per reports, the Cyber Crime team moved to Bihar to carry out the raid following directions by the Koraput SP. During the course of investigation, a mobile number of an accused was found activated. With the help from Warsaliganj police, the Cyber Crime team tracked the whereabouts of the three youths and arrested them.
While police in a release informed that the online fraud was to the tune of Rs 4 lakh, sources said the amount duped from people across the country could be nearly Rs 1 crore.
Addressing mediapersons, Koraput SDPO Sharbani Nayak and the Cyber Crime IIC confirmed the raid and said efforts were on to track down others involved in the racket.