POSING AS AN ATS OFFICER, A DOCTOR WAS DUPED OF Rs. 19 LAKH, TWO ARRESTED

POSING AS AN ATS OFFICER, A DOCTOR WAS DUPED OF Rs. 19 LAKH, TWO ARRESTED

30-OCT-ENG 28

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA---------------------------Bhojpur Cyber ​​Police on Saturday made a major disclosure of a doctor's ₹19 lakh (approximately $1.9 million) fraud. Police arrested two members of an interstate cyber gang in Delhi. The arrested suspects have been identified as Dalip Kumar, a resident of Azadpur Lal Bagh, Delhi, and Zeeshan Khan, a resident of Adarsh ​​Nagar, Rana Pratap Road. Both were arrested in the Mukherjee Nagar area of ​​Delhi. Police also recovered two mobile phones from them. Cyber ​​DSP Sneh Setu stated that the two accused used to transfer money to fake accounts for commission. CCTV footage from the bank showed them withdrawing funds. During interrogation, both confessed to their involvement and revealed that they worked for the mastermind, Upendra Singh. Upendra is originally from Rajasthan and currently lives in Delhi. He is currently absconding. This fraud was perpetrated against Dr. Ram Niwas, a physician posted at Sadar Hospital, Ara. On June 26th, a fake caller posing as an ATS officer informed the doctor that his Aadhaar card and mobile number had been recovered from a criminal and that an arrest warrant had been issued against him by a Pune court. Under pressure and fear, the doctor transferred ₹19 lakh to the bank account provided. Later, he realized he had been duped and filed a complaint with the Cyber ​​Police Station on July 1st. Technical investigation revealed that the money had been deposited into the account of a person named Nitin Narendra at Bank of Maharashtra, Nagpur. From there, the money was transferred to the accounts of Dilip Kumar and Zeeshan Khan in Delhi in the form of ₹7 lakh each. Both had withdrawn the money through checks. Police identified the accused based on CCTV footage from the bank and, after camping in Delhi for four days, arrested the two. Investigations also revealed that Avinash, a deputy manager at a bank, was also involved in the fraud. He helped open fake accounts by accepting large sums of money. The team included Inspector Rakesh Ranjan, Sub-Inspector Gandhi Nath Pathak, and Swati Kumari. Police are now conducting raids to find the absconding mastermind, Upendra Singh.