Muzaffarpur, April 27 (). In Muzaffarpur, Bihar, cyber thugs cheated a person of Rs 67 lakh by threatening them with ‘digital arrest’. The fraudsters, posing as CBI officers, lured the victim through international and national WhatsApp calls and extorted a huge amount of money by threatening to implicate him in a money laundering case. Taking immediate action in the case, Muzaffarpur Police has arrested two cyber thugs including father and son.
According to the information, on April 4 and April 6, cyber thugs made a WhatsApp call to Mahesh Gami, a resident of Muzaffarpur. The thugs introduced themselves as CBI officers and said that their Aadhaar cards had been used in money laundering. After this he was threatened with ‘digital arrest’. Under fear and pressure, Mahesh Gami transferred Rs 67 lakh to the accounts specified by the swindlers.
After losing the money, Mahesh Gami realized that he was cheated, after which he reached the cyber police station and lodged a complaint. A case was registered in the cyber police station in this matter.
Seeing the seriousness of the matter, Senior SP Kantesh Mishra formed a special team under the leadership of City SP Mohibullah Ansari. DSP Rohan Kumar of Cyber Police Station and other cyber officers and personnel were included in the team.
The police team analyzed various bank accounts based on technical and human investigation and reached out to the cyber fraudsters. Investigation revealed that father-son duo Priyaranjan Sharma and Anant Abhishek, residents of Rajiv Nagar police station area of Patna, together carried out this fraud.
Investigation also revealed that both the accused were running a cyber fraud network under the guise of an NGO. According to the police, their network is also connected to Chennai and Mumbai. Cases are registered against them in Chennai and Mumbai. Police are investigating the old records of criminal and cyber crime of both the accused.
Muzaffarpur police have recovered Rs 23,900 in cash, a laptop, 19 passbooks and checkbooks of various banks, three mobile phones, four seals, a pen drive, three scanners and many banking related documents from the accused.
Police have described this action as a big success. Senior SP Kantesh Mishra said that in the digital era, people will have to be very cautious about the security of their documents and bank accounts. He said that if anyone suspects cyber fraud, then immediately contact the cyber police station and lodge a complaint. Fraud can be prevented by complaining in time.
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AMT/DKP