Patna. The police of Patrakar Nagar police station has unearthed a big network of cheating people of money by giving false promises of dealership, agency and otherwise. Four vicious gang members have been arrested by the police. At present, the police have revealed the names of two people in this case, including 22-year-old Abhishek Ranjan, a resident of Pawapuri under Giriyak police station area of Nalanda, and 24-year-old Shankar Kumar, a resident of Beldaria Bhojpur.
ATM cards of 11 different banks recovered
Police has recovered Rs 4 lakh cash from Abhishek and Rs 6 lakh cash from Shankar’s room. Apart from this, three mobiles and ATM cards of 11 different banks have been recovered from both of them. On the tip of both the arrested accused, two more cyber frauds have been arrested from Kankarbagh area, which is being interrogated.
The room was taken in the name of preparation for competitive examination
If sources are to be believed, both are also residents of Nalanda and had taken a room in the name of preparing for competitive exams. The police of Patrakar Nagar police station said that out of the four arrested accused, two have been sent to jail after interrogation, while two others are being interrogated. All these took a room in a lodge in Musallahpur in the name of preparing for competitive exams and then started cheating by forming a cyber gang. Arrested cyber fraud Abhishek and Shankar are graduate and also preparing for competitive exams.
Abhishek started trembling after seeing the bag, the police reached inside the ATM
During the police patrol, a suspicious young man was seen carrying a backpack at IDFC First Bank located in Doctors Colony. When the police got suspicious, the car stopped and entered inside the ATM. Abhishek started trembling after seeing the police. By the time the police asked something, Abhishek started trying to run away, which was caught by the police. When the bag was searched, four bundled notes of Rs 500 were recovered from him, which was Rs 4 lakh in cash. Apart from this, seven different ATM cards and a mobile were recovered. On this signal, when the police raided a lodge in Musallahpur, Shankar was arrested along with Rs 6 lakh cash, four ATM cards and two mobile phones from the room there.
Late night police arrested two more cyber frauds from Kankarbagh
According to the information received from the sources, after questioning both of them, when the police investigated, they arrested both of them from an area of Kankarbagh. At present, nothing has been recovered from both of them. Police is interrogating both the accused. According to the information received, on Saturday the police will reveal about the other two arrested accused.
used to buy sim and details of people on commission
According to the information received, the mastermind of this gang is in Nalanda. In the gang, it was the work of different members to withdraw money, cheat by calling and take SIM and details on commission. In the investigation, it was found that the account was opened on the vicious commission of the gang, taking sim in the name of other people. Used to call him after collecting the mobile and the copy of the document. The miscreants used to give its Aadhaar and related information, so that people would be convinced that it was not a cyber fraud. After this, they used to cheat people by taking them on a bluff.
Withdrawals of more than five lakhs per day
According to the information, this gang used to cheat more than five lakh rupees every day. After this, he used to put that money in the account of the mastermind of Nalanda. Everyone used to get commission for this. After enquiry, the police has asked for bank details of the respective accounts. After getting the information, the account will be frozen. On the other hand, the source said that this gang has also made immense wealth by cheating.