POLICE ARRESTED A CYBRE CRIMINAL

POLICE ARRESTED A CYBRE CRIMINAL

13-AUG-ENG 6

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA--------------------------The Bhojpur Cyber ​​Police have achieved a significant breakthrough in a case involving the opening of "mule accounts" for the deposit and withdrawal of illicit funds. Acting swiftly, the Cyber ​​Police arrested an accused individual involved in the cyber fraud and recovered a passbook and an ATM card from his possession.

Cyber ​​DSP Roshan Kumar shared this information during a press conference on Wednesday. He identified the arrested individual as Prakash Kumar, son of Shyam Narayan Yadav, a resident of Makhdumpur Dumra village under the Mufassil police station area. The Cyber ​​DSP stated that on August 5, 2026, the branch manager of the Bihar Gramin Bank in Saraiya (under the Krishnagar police station area) reported fraudulent activity involving certain "mule accounts" at the bank. To verify this, officials from the Cyber ​​Police Station conducted a physical inspection of the bank. The investigation revealed that transactions amounting to approximately ₹78 lakh had taken place through the account in question over a period of two to three months.

Acting on the instructions of Superintendent of Police Raj, a special team led by me was constituted to solve the case. Based on technical and scientific investigation, the team conducted a raid in Makhdumpur Dumra village (under the Mufassil police station area) and arrested the accused account holder, Prakash Kumar.

During interrogation, he admitted his involvement in the incident and revealed that he had sold his mule account for a sum of money. The raiding team included Sub-Inspector Neeraj Kumar, Constables Lav Kumar, Dhanraj Kumar, and Virendra Kumar, Female Constables Nisha Kumari and Payal Kumari, along with other personnel.