Face2News/New Delhi
The staff of PS Cyber/NWD arrested 02 fraudsters, namely (1) Raju Singh S/o Balram Singh R/o New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, Age-38 years and (2) Priyadarshi @ Kapil S/o Shanti Lal R/o East Vinod Nagar, Delhi, Age-40 years, who were cheating the public in the name of DSIDC plot allotment. They had cheated an amount of Rs. 2.65 lakhs from the victim by assuring him of definite allotment of a DSIDC estate plot. The cheated amount was encashed through ATM withdrawals from mule accounts. The mobile phone used in the crime, registered on the mule account, has also been recovered.
An online complaint of cyber fraud was received at PS Cyber/NW from one Vijay Chawla S/o Harbans Lal Chawla R/o Shalimar Bagh, Delhi, Age-55 years, wherein he alleged that he was cheated to the tune of Rs. 2.65 lakhs by cyber criminals in the name of allotment of a plot in DSIDC estate, Delhi.
Seeing the different modus operandi used by the cyber criminals, a dedicated team comprising SI Suneet, HC Rakesh, HC Jasbir and Ct Rahul was constituted to crack the case under the leadership of Insp. Dinesh Dahiya, SHO/Cyber NW, and under the close supervision of Sh. Rajeev Kumar, ACP/Cyber NW, and overall supervision of the undersigned.
Mr. Bhim Singh, IPS, DCP said,during investigation, after analyzing the money trail, it was found that the accused persons had used a mule account to receive the cheated amount and further effected withdrawals through ATMs. The technical footprints of withdrawals and the location of the account-registered mobile number were analysed, which eventually helped in zeroing down the operational area of the accused persons at New Ashok Nagar, Delhi.
With the help of both manual and technical inputs, the accused persons were identified as Raju and Priyadarshi @ Kapil; however, their present addresses were initially not known. Intensive groundwork coupled with sustained technical surveillance was mounted to ascertain their hideouts.
Eventually, the sincere efforts of the team yielded results and the accused persons, namely (1) Raju Singh S/o Balram Singh R/o New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, Age-38 years, and (2) Priyadarshi @ Kapil S/o Shanti Lal R/o East Vinod Nagar, Delhi, Age-40 years, were arrested in the present case.
INTERROGATION AND MODUS OPERANDI: During interrogation, it was revealed that accused Raju was in contact with one Priyadarshi @ Kapil. Before opening a bank account, Priyadarshi managed to update Raju’s address and got the account opened on a changed address where they never resided.
After opening the account, Priyadarshi took possession of its credentials, which were then used for receiving proceeds of crime. The cheated amount was further withdrawn through ATMs.
Further investigation of the case is in progress.