Kanpur: The cybercrime police arrested a Bihar resident for allegedly receiving around Rs 48 lakh siphoned off from a senior doctor, who was placed under digital arrest by fraudsters posing as ED and CBI officers.
The case was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station, Kanpur Nagar, under Sections 318(4), 338 and 61(2) of BNS and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act. Keeping him under digital arrest, they allegedly made him transfer around Rs 48 lakh to various bank accounts. Four complaints from UP, Delhi, Maharashtra and other places were found on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), involving an estimated fraud of Rs 1,42,68,000. Police had earlier arrested Vasu (24), a resident of Geeta Park in Nawabganj, Kanpur Nagar; Atish Kumar (22) of Vasiparan in Raebareli district; and Kanchan Prajapati (46), of Cantt in Kanpur Nagar. Around Rs 25,98,200 was allegedly deposited into the firm’s account through 15 transactions and subsequently transferred to various accounts through 611 transactions.
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Police said his arrest provided leads on the movement of the money and the bank accounts used in the fraud. They allegedly told him that he was under investigation in a serious criminal case involving financial irregularities. Police said the callers threatened Mishra and his family with arrest and legal action, and instructed him not to contact anyone or inform the police. Investigators said that the accused forged Aadhaar cards, PAN cards and other documents, falsely projected themselves as residents of Pratapgarh and floated a firm named Baukoyo Contractors Pvt Ltd.
Accused Rajiv Ranjan, a resident of Salkhua of Saharsa district in Bihar, allegedly received the defrauded amount in his bank account. Three mobile phones were also recovered from him. The complainant, Yogesh Chandra Mishra, a resident of Swaroop Nagar, received a call from fraudsters posing as senior ED and CBI officers. Investigators subsequently examined account details, mobile phones and digital transactions that indicated that the accounts were allegedly used in cybercrime cases elsewhere as well. Police suspect that a chain of fake firms and bank accounts was used to conceal the source of the cybercrime proceeds. Mukul Chaube, a resident of Kanpur Nagar, has been declared wanted. Police are searching for him and probing the involvement of other alleged gang members, additional bank accounts, fund-transfer links and cybercrime complaints registered in other states. Download the TOI App.
Investigators are examining his account details, subsequent transfers, other account holders and his alleged links with cybercriminals and those arrested earlier.