The staff of Cyber Police Station, South District has done commendable work by arresting an accused person namely Suresh Chaudhary @ Abhinash Tamang who used to provide his bank accounts details to cyber cheats in a case FIR No. 81/2022 U/s 420 IPC, PS Cyber South. Upon his instance, 05 Mobile Phones, 04 SIM Cards, 07 Debit/Credit Cards of various Banks, 06 Cheque Books of various Banks, 01 Passbook, 02 Aadhar Cards, 02 PAN Cards have been recovered and Rs.50000/- has been lien/held in the beneficiary account.
A complainant R/o Jawahar Park, Khanpur, Delhi reported in Cyber Police Station South District that he had received a WhatsApp message displaying picture of his brother-in-law from Canada who requested for money on the pretext of some emergency. The accused provided an account number in which the complainant transferred an amount of Rs. 99,000/- from his Bank Account.
Later on, in the evening the complainant found out that some of his relatives and family members also received the same WhatsApp message from the same mobile number requesting money. Thereafter, he confirmed these messages from his brother-in-law who denied sending these messages. After that, the complainant realized that he had been cheated by some unknown person. On statement of the complainant, a case vide FIR No.81/2022 dated 21.09.2022, U/s 420 IPC, PS Cyber South was registered and investigation was taken up.
Keeping in view gravity of the case and nature of incident, a team comprising of SI Sandeep Saini, ASI Jitender, HC Vikas, HC Parveen, HC Anil Kumar led by Inspr. Arun Kumar Verma, SHO/PS Cyber under overall supervision of ACP/Operations was formed to nab the cheats behind this crime.
During the course of investigation, the team collected bank accounts details wherein the cheated money was transferred and details of the alleged calling mobile numbers were obtained. The bank’s details were analysed and trail was followed and it was found that the cheated money was transferred to a Bank account which was found registered in the name of a person R/o Munirka, Delhi.
A raid was conducted but he was found to be absconded. Thereafter, with the help of technical of technical surveillance, details of the mobile number linked with bank account of the accused person was obtained and thoroughly analysed. During further enquiry, the mobile number was found using by a person namely Suresh Chaudhary. Accordingly, with the help of technical surveillance, a raid was conducted and accused Suresh Chaudhary was arrested.
Mr. Chandan Chowdhary, IPS, DCP, said, on interrogation, the accused disclosed that he along with his accomplices used to purchase SIM Cards and open bank accounts accordingly. After that, the accused person Suresh Chaudhary @ Abhinash Tamang along with co accused Sagar sold the Bank Accounts to the cheats (Nigerians) through courier service or other in Rs.15,000/-per account.
Upon his instance, 05 Mobile Phones, 04 SIM Cards, 07 Debit/Credit Cards of various Banks, 06 Cheque Books of various Banks, 01 Passbook, 02 Aadhar Card, 02 PAN Cards have been recovered and Rs.50000/- lien/hold in the beneficiary account of cheated amount.
KNOW THE ACCUSED: Suresh Chaudhary @ Abhinash Tamang S/o Maila Tamang @ Maila Chaudhary R/o Munirka, Delhi. Permanent R/o Village Thangpalkot, District Sindhu Pal Chok, Baghmati, Nepal. Age 29 Years. He has studied upto 3rd standard. Thereafter, in 2013 he came to Delhi and started living on rent in Munirka.
Efforts are on to arrest the co accused & Nigerians. The police team involved in good work is being suitably rewarded.