Bank employee among 3 held for cyber fraud in Gurugram

The Gurugram police on Wednesday arrested an employee of IndusInd bank for his alleged involvement in cyber fraud of Rs 35.69 lakh. The accused was involved in providing bank accounts to cyber thugs. Two other accused involved in the same fraud were arrested earlier.

According to the police, a man filed a complaint on July 27, stating that he was duped of Rs 35.69 lakhs on the pretext of asking them to invest in the stock market. After registering the FIR, the team of cyber police arrested the bank employee on Wednesday. The accused was identified as Harvinder Singh, a resident of Shahpur Ratan village in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh. The two accused, who were arrested earlier, were identified as Vikram Shahi and Yogender Bhati.

During interrogation, it was revealed that Harvinder was working as assistant manager at the bank’s Delhi branch in Lajpat Nagar. He has been working in the bank since 2022.

“Harvinder, Yogender and Vikram opened a bank account in the name of a fake firm. They had received Rs 30,000 in exchange for the bank account. We are questioning the accused,” said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (Cyber).