3 cyber thugs held for committing Rs 34.79L fraud

Gurugram, August 19

The Gurugram cyber police have arrested three cyber fraudsters for allegedly duping hundreds of people across the country of Rs 34.79 lakh. The police have recovered one mobile phone from their possession.

ACP (cyber) Priyanshu Dewan said the arrested accused used to commit cyber crimes by luring people for investment in the stock market.

Dewan added that after examining the SIM card and reviewing data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), it was found that the xfraud of Rs 34.79 was committed by these accused across the country.

The accused have been identified as Wasim Khan, Mohammad Asin Khan and Sushil Kumar, who were arrested in the first week of August by the cyber police.

“A total of 96 complaints and five cases were lodged against the accused across the country. Of these, one case was registered in Gurugram. Further investigations are underway,” added Dewan. — OC