Tuesday, 27 June 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
A member of a Jaipur-based cyber fraud gang surrendered in the cyber crime police station in Dehradun on Monday after the arrest of two members from the same gang 10 days ago by Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF), claimed Ayush Agrawal, the senior superintendent of police of STF. He said that the cyber crime police station received a case in which the complainant Vikram Kumar, a mute person, filed a complaint against an unknown accused who initially claimed to be a ‘gift giving manager’ of Flipkart and asked him to like and subscribe to YouTube videos to earn quick money.
He was later added to a Telegram group and was asked to invest money through online trading in cryptocurrency which he did by sending a total of Rs 13.11 lakh on different dates via various digital transaction mediums, said Agrawal. He said that after collecting information and evidence about bank accounts in which the victim transferred money, the STF went to Jaipur and nabbed the two accused identified as Santosh Kumar Meena and Suresh Kumar Meena on June 15. He said that the STF took action against them under section 41 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
The STF teams were gathering more evidence to nab the remaining members of the gang when 10 days later, one of their gang members identified as Pintu Meena arrived in Dehradun to surrender in the cyber police station of STF, said Agrawal. He said that STF is investigating the arrested accused to nab the remaining members of the gang that possibly work to scam people across the country.
The SSP said that they have been receiving complaints about similar cases- ‘like YouTube videos’ and investment in cryptocurrency which is a new and growing cyber crime where victims lose money and their personal information via phone data which is shared further to lure others. He appealed to the people to not get lured into such schemes and always file a complaint at www.cybercrime.gov.in or call at 1930 for financial cyber fraud in case they become victims of such frauds.
