In a major breakthrough, Ranchi Cyber cell police officials busted a gang of five cyber criminals involved in robbing the bank customers in Giridih district and its surrounding areas here on Wednesday.
The gang, which had became a menace among the several bank customers dominant in rural areas, were finally in the police net. Police sources claimed that the gang has robbed more than two dozen bank customers last few month.
The five members, including a woman, arrested by Cyber cell police under the town police station, were identified as Bablu Mandal, Rupesh Mandal, Vim Mandal, Virat Mandal and his wife Kesia Devi, who were living in a house of Yadunandan Pathak, a representative of BJP MP, Rabindra Kumar Panday at Inderpuri colony Giridih. Mobiles, SIM cards, ATM cards and rupees 55,000 were also recovered from their possession.
The seized items were displayed before mediapersons at a press conference at the Town police station by Giridih SP Akhlesh V Varier on Wednesday.
Earlier on Wednesday afternoon five of six member team of Cyber Cell from Ranchi, led by Dy SP Summit Kumar, arrived at Giridih to nab the cyber criminals. Giving detailed of cyber criminals operandi, SP Akhlesh V Varier said that criminals used to call several customers as a bank officials and ask their pin number, if they failed to disclose their pin number, they had posing as a bank manager he would be closed their bank account.
The SP also said that during their interrogation, gang had disclosed their modus operandi and revealed the names of some people he had duped in the recent past. The police have also seized their pass books from their possession and unearthed their account details.