Kanpur cyber crime police have arrested three people, including a woman, for allegedly defrauding a 73-year-old doctor of Rs 48.20 lakh by posing as CBI and Crime Branch officers
Kanpur: Cyber crime police have arrested three people, including a woman, for allegedly duping a 73-year-old doctor of Rs 48.20 lakh by posing as CBI and Crime Branch officers and keeping him under ‘digital arrest”’for seven days. The accused kept Mishra under surveillance through video calls for seven days and allegedly extracted Rs 48.20 lakh from him. The fraud came to light when Mishra approached his bank to break a Rs 1 crore fixed deposit. Police traced a second-layer transaction of Rs 25,98,200 to an account of Bokoyo Contractors Private Limited. Atish, who studied up to Class 5, allegedly posed as a CBI officer. Police found that about Rs 1.42 crore had allegedly been defrauded through the operation, with money from the firm’s account transferred to 611 mule accounts.
Nomaan said Vasu and Kanchan had allegedly established the firm using fake documents and operated it from Pratapgarh. Bank officials became suspicious after questioning him, following which he lodged an FIR at the cyber police station. The account was registered in the names of Vasu, a high-school graduate from Geeta Park, Nawabganj, and Kanchan Prajapati of Cantt. The mobile number used to threaten Mishra belonged to Atish Kumar of Wasiparan, Raebareli. Police are searching for alleged gang leader Mukul Chaubey. Four complaints linked to the firm’s account have been registered on the National Cyber Reporting Platform (NCRP) from Delhi, UP and Maharashtra.
The caller, who identified himself as Ravi Sharma, sent fake CBI and Interpol documents to Mishra over WhatsApp. Other accused subsequently posed as Crime Branch and CBI officers from Mumbai, accused Mishra of involvement in serious crimes and threatened him with imprisonment in a money-laundering case.