Sriganganagar man nabbed in cyber fraud case

Prashant Soni, a mastermind of cyber fraud, has been nabbed by the Sriganganagar police.

Assistant Superintendent of Police B Aditya today said Prashant Soni, a resident of Guru Nagar, was taken into custody on Tuesday evening while the search was on for his brother Manish Soni.

On October 26, both the brothers were being chased by ASP Aditya on the Suratgarh road. As the ASP’s gunman Mahender fired three shots at their car, the duo rammed it into the police vehicle, thus injuring a cop.

Later, the police raided their house and claimed to have seized Rs 9 lakh, 150 ATM cards and several cheque books.

On November 3, two associates of Soni brothers — Vinay Baghla of Chak 3-E village and Hans Raj of Setia Colony were nabbed.

Inspector Ajay Kumar said Baghla and Raj worked for Soni brothers, who allegedly used to withdraw money from banks fraudulently. They used to transfer the amount to several bank accounts given by Baghla and Raj.

So far, around Rs 13 lakh has been deposited and withdrawn from five bank accounts through cyber fraud.

The police said they were collecting details of ATM cards and cheque books found from the house of Soni brothers.