Two more held from UP in Rs 60 lakh cyber fraud case

A cybercrime team that had cracked a Rs 60 lakh fraud case has arrested two more suspects. Investigation revealed that the fraudsters’ network was spread over several states.

The police said that Salesh Kumar and his brother Rakesh Kumar Bharti, residents of Bhan Puri Colony located in Palia tehsil of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh were arrested and remanded for four days there. The duo was brought to Fazilka, where a court remanded them to police custody for three days.

The victim, Sushant Nagpal of Abohar, had got an FIR registered against Yashpal Patel, Amit Bhai and Sagar Bhai, all residents of Mehsana district, Gujarat, on September 18 under Sections 316, 318 and 61(2) B of the BNS. During investigation, Sections 316 (5) and 318 (2) were added to the FIR.

Nagpal had 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 to be working as a share broker with a reputed firm and lured Nagpal to send money to the firm’s account. Later, Nagpal was told by Yashpal that the said firm had suffered heavy losses. Upon inquiry from other brokers, he found that the firm was fake.

A police team arrested Yashpal from Unjha in Mehsana district of Gujarat on October 27. During interrogation, Yashpal disclosed that his friend Ankit Rawal, a resident of Shastri Nagar, Unjha, had told him that people were earning a lot of money by doing online trading and offered him partnership. He said he accepted his friend’s advice to open a bank account. Ankit was later arrested from Unjha on November 24 and brought to Fazilka.

So far, the police have recovered Rs 15.50 lakh from cybercriminals and returned it to the victim. Apart from this, Rs 5.50 lakh has been frozen in accounts.