The Deoghar police Cyber Cell have arrested 10 cyber criminals committing cyber crime in Deoghar and its surrounding localities.
Deoghar SP, Ashivani Kumar Sinha said in a press conference on Friday that he had received secret information that cyber accused are flourishing again within limits under various police station areas. The accused were arrested after a local resident was duped of Rs 7 lakh.
The arrested cyber accused have been identified as Rakib Ansari, Amir Ansari, Muslim Ansari, Ismail Ansari, Suraj Das, Arun Kumar Das, Dilip Kumar Das, Falguni Kumar Mandal, Pawan Turi and Rajkishore Yadav.
Police recovered 14 mobile phones, 20 SIM cards, 4 passbooks, 1 cheque books, 4 ATM cards, 01 laptop, 01 motorcycle, two four wheelers from them.
Police sources said that Falguni Mandal, one of the arrested cyber accused, has been named in the cyber police station case number 09/2020, accused of illegal withdrawal of Rs 25 lakh from Dr. Swaroop Chatterjee's account.
The SP formed a raiding team under the leadership of Cyber DSP Neha Bala and raided at Nagdari within limits Karo police station, Panchrukhi Keswa village under Margomunda police station area, Karhaiya village under Pattadda OP, and Bannk, Amgachhi villages under Mohanpur police station area and Jasidih police station area and arrested 10 Cyber criminals.
DySP Neha Bala said the accused would target random people by taking information from their online profiles. They usually targeted people whose online profiles were not locked. They made calls to innocent people and, informing them about the closure of the ATM and sending them an OTP on his mobile and using other Apps like Paytm Money Request, Team viewer, Quick Support and other Apps and cheating them from their accounts.