One held from Gujarat in Rs 60 lakh cyber fraud case

A cybercrime team of the Fazilka police have cracked Rs 60 lakh fraud case.

The victim, Sushant Nagpal of Abohar, got an FIR registered against Yashpal Patel, Amit Bhai and Sagar Bhai, residents of Mehsana district, Gujarat, on September 18 under Sections 316, 318 and 61(2) B of the BNS.

Nagpal stated in his complaint that he had received a call in April from Yashpal, who offered heavy returns on investments in online trading. He claimed working as share broker with a reputed firm and lured to send money to the firm’s account.

Later, Nagpal was told by Yashpal that the said firm had suffered heavy losses. Upon enquiry from other brokers, he found that the firm was fake.

A team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Sukhpal Singh nabbed Yashpal on October 27. During interrogation, Yashpal disclosed that his friend Rawal Ankit, a resident of Shastri Nagar, Unjha, told him that people were earning a lot of money by doing online trading and offered partnership. He said he accepted his friend’s advice to open a bank account.

Yashpal said he gave his Aadhaar and PAN cards to his friend Ankit. The latter opened an account at Indian Bank and got his cheque book signed from him.

Ankit kept the cheque book with him and told Yashpal that he would pay him Rs 10,000 per month as a premium. A transaction of Rs 3,07,70,175 was done in his account.

So far, the police have recovered Rs 15.50 lakh from cybercriminals and gave it to the victim. Apart from this, Rs 5,50,000 has been frozen.

Cops said Ankit was arrested on November 24 from Unjha and was remanded in four-day police custody.