Capital police succeeded in nabbing two Nigerians from Mumbai for allegedly hacking bank accounts and transferring the amount to their accounts.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Raipur, Ambreesh Mishra informed media persons that a complaint was lodged in recent days by Senior executive of Devendra Nagar branch of Yes Bank, Mahesh Kumar Rathi.
In the complaint to Devendra Nagar Police Station, the official said that the accused had hacked two of YES Bank accounts and had transferred Rs 2.47 crore through NEFT and RTGS to 26 of their different accounts. The entire act was carried out on the day of Diwali, the official informed.
The Devendra Nagar police had then registered a case under sections 419 and 420 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and IT Act against unknown persons. After the complaint was lodged, the SSP, Raipur instructed the teams of crime branch and cyber cell to investigate into the matter.
With the brisk action, 90% of the amount hacked was kept on hold and a police team was sent to Mumbai where the accounts of accused belonged.
The police succeeded in nabbing one Rakesh Singh who provided his bank account to the Nigerian gang.
He informed that he gets commission by providing his bank account to them. On receiving information from him, police raided and arrested a Nigerian citizen Osajee Godstime.
According to the police, he was residing in India since 2009 and the police had recovered three passports from him with three different names. Osajee after the arrest had informed about his other associates and the police is trying to nab them, the official informed.