A gang of four alleged cyber frauds hailing from two different districts were arrested from two different places in Giridih and Dumka on Saturday during a raid by Muffasil police of Giridih and Taljhari police of Dumka, police said.
Police sources said the Giridih and Dumka police busted a gang of cyber criminals, arresting four of them on Saturday.
However, two of the accused from Kumhararia in Giridih while the rest two members of inter-State gang, allegedly indulging in cyber crime, were arrested by the Taljhari police at Barmassa in Dumka district on Saturday. The arrested were identified as Gonik Mandal (21) and Bajarangi Mandal (24) belonging to Aasanboni Ganday and Kasanichack in Giridih while in Dumka the cyber criminals identified as Ali Backs, and Hero Rana both from Barmassa Taljhari area in Dumka district, however some other accused is at large. Together, they allegedly cheated an innocent people from the city, Dy SP Manis Toppo and Dy SP Ram Samad told The Pioneer.
The Muffasil police of Giridih recovered 4 mobiles, 10 no of Sim card, ATM card of Bandhan bank ,one Glamour motorcycle from them, while the Taljhari police of Dumka district recovered two mobiles and several passbooks from accused.
According to police (Cyber), the gang members posed themselves as employees of bank and after obtaining his ATM and details such as PIN, CVV, and OTP numbers and withdrew money online.
Giving details of the offence, the DSP said the victim approached the Cyber Crime Cell, stating that a man posing himself as an employee of bank, call himself for updating his bank account and in the process made him divulge the ATM card details. An FIR has been registered in Giridih and Dumka also an investigation is underway.