Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) and the state cyber police on Sunday arrested a 27-year-old man from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh in a joint operation for allegedly defrauding a man of Rs 3 crore by putting l under “digital arrest”. ” at the latter’s house in Rajpur area of ​​Dehradun.
The accused, Manoj Kumar, was arrested under investigation in a fraud case registered in May based on a complaint filed by the victim. He claimed that Kumar had called him on a WhatsApp call on May 20, claiming that security agencies had seized a package in his name containing drugs and passports. Posing as a Greater Mumbai police officer, Kumar threatened to implicate him in a money laundering and drug trafficking case and forced him to transfer the amount to clear his name. For the next two days, Kumar put the man in a “digital arrest” and maintained constant contact with him through WhatsApp video and voice calls.
STF Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Navneet Singh said Kumar was traced using the phone numbers and bank account information.
“During the investigation, it was found that his phone number appeared on more than 75 other people cyber crime cases in several states. The police also found transactions of over 6 million lei from his bank account. After his arrest by a team led by Inspector Tribhuvan Rautela, Kumar confessed to the crime. The investigation is on to identify his accomplices,” said Singh.
Meanwhile, Deputy Superintendent of Police, State Cyber ​​Crime Cell, Ankush Mishra said people should be careful not to fall for such scams, adding, “National Cyber ​​Helpline (1930) or nearest police station can be contacted to lodge a complaint if one becomes a victim of cybercrime”.
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) and the state cyber police on Sunday arrested a 27-year-old man from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh in a joint operation for allegedly defrauding a man of Rs 3 crore by putting l under “digital arrest”. ” at the latter’s house in Rajpur area of ​​Dehradun.
The accused, Manoj Kumar, was arrested under investigation in a fraud case registered in May based on a complaint filed by the victim. He claimed that Kumar had called him on a WhatsApp call on May 20, claiming that security agencies had seized a package in his name containing drugs and passports. Posing as a Greater Mumbai police officer, Kumar threatened to implicate him in a money laundering and drug trafficking case and forced him to transfer the amount to clear his name. For the next two days, Kumar put the man in a “digital arrest” and maintained constant contact with him through WhatsApp video and voice calls.
STF Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Navneet Singh said Kumar was traced using the phone numbers and bank account information.
“During the investigation, it was found that his phone number appeared in 75 other cyber crime cases from several states. The police also found transactions of over 6 million lei from his bank account. After his arrest by a team led by Inspector Tribhuvan Rautela, Kumar confessed to the crime. The investigation is on to identify his accomplices,” said Singh.
Meanwhile, Deputy Superintendent of Police, State Cyber ​​Crime Cell, Ankush Mishra said people should be careful not to fall for such scams, adding, “National Cyber ​​Helpline (1930) or nearest police station can be contacted to lodge a complaint if one becomes a victim of cybercrime”.