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In another breakthrough the following accused has been arrested by Police Station Cyber Crime, Sec.17, Chandigarh in Case FIR No. 93 dated 12.08.2024 U/S 319 (2), 318 (4), 338, 336 (3), 340 (2). , 61 (2), 111 (2), 111 (3), 223 BNS 2023 of PS-Cyber Crime, UT, Chandigarh

The accused identified as  Devender Kumar Yadav, son of the late Sh. Rajmani Yadav, residing at Village Raja Purva, P.O. Jabdana, Tehsil Distt. Bahrampur (UP). Education: B.Sc.,  Sankar Suvan Shukla alias Abhay Shukla, son of the late Sh. Ashutosh Kumar Shukla, residing at Village Khamary, P.O. Devria, Tehsil & Distt. Bahrampur (UP).

Both of them lure people to open bank accounts, obtain account instruments, and then rent them out on a commission/profit basis From his interrogation so far it is revealed that details of around 700 accounts are present, of which approximately 100 accounts are prima facie involved in Cyber crime 9650791655 and frozen by different Police units through out the country.

Birender Yadav, son of Sh. Shesh Ram, residing at 26/18, Phase-2, Ramdarbar, Chandigarh, provided shelter as the manager of Hotel Friend’s and did not make an entry in the reception register for staying more than 1 and half months.

Avinash, son of Sh. Pyare Lal, residing at # 2505, Sector-22C, Chandigarh (Assistant Manager, Indian Bank, Sector-17, Chandigarh), who opened bank accounts under the instructions of Devender and Shankar without due diligence.

Ankit Jain, son of Satish Jain, residing at H No 3863/10, Kanhiya Nagar, New Delhi (Education: B.Tech), who obtained a franchise of Mahadev Betting in 2023, received bank accounts from Devender and subsequently sold these accounts to his handlers in Dubai. 

On August 11, 2024, at 5:32 PM, a call was received from the police control room reporting that two individuals in a Hotel Friends in Sector 52 were opening fraudulent accounts by enticing customers to deposit Rs. 10,000 per month and using those accounts for further cyber crimes. A team from the PS Cyber Crime unit searched the location, verified the informer's details, and found no entry in the hotel’s reception register.

MODUS OPERENDI: Alleged visit in those places in Chandigarh, where lower working class like that Rehri Pullers, Auto Rickshaw Drivers, small vendors are living. They allure innocent people (Rehri Pullers, Auto Rickshaw Drivers, small vendors) of Chandigarh to open and sell their bank accounts with Kit and SIM Cards in Rs 10000/- to them. They use these bank accounts to cheat the innocent people by betting and in other cyber crime fraud/scams and some accounts sent to another places in India for using in fraud and other cyber scams.

RECOVERY: Mobile Phones - 14.  ATM cards - 37,  Laptop - 02, SIM Cards - 09,  Cheque Books - 14. Bank Accounts - 07 (AC holder Chandigarh).,  Stamps - 03