Cyber crime cases are not showing any signs of stopping in Uttar Pradesh. Two months ago, in the capital Lucknow itself, fraudsters had defrauded a female professor of PGI of Rs 2 crore 81 lakh by digitally arresting her. Police station Cyber Crime Lucknow had registered a case in this regard. Now after about two months, the police has got a big success in this case. Apart from Jaipur and Jhalawar in Rajasthan, the police have arrested 18 accused from Patna in Bihar. Police have recovered about Rs 11 lakh 36 thousand from the accused.
The bank accounts of the accused have been seized. Now the police is busy identifying and arresting other accused involved in this racket. According to police station in-charge cyber crime Brijesh Kumar Yadav, the victim Professor Ruchika Tandon had given a complaint in the month of August. It was told that the accused had called by posing as officers of the Telecom Department. The accused had accused him of some scam and said that the CBI was investigating the matter. After this, another accused called him posing as a CBI officer and digitally arrested him, threatening to implicate him in a money laundering case.
Digital arrest done through Skype app
After this, in the name of freeing them from this trap, the fraudsters made them download the Skype app and deposited a total of Rs 2 crore 81 lakh in different bank accounts between August 1 and August 8, 2024. The victim, a resident of Chanakyapuri, told in her complaint to the police that she escaped from the clutches of the accused with great difficulty and lodged a complaint with the police. While investigating the case, the police first tracked the transaction trail. During this time, the police received many inputs about the fraudsters.
11 lakh 36 thousand rupees returned
In such a situation, the police immediately seized the bank accounts of the fraudsters and started raids on the basis of inputs. During this time the police arrested three main accused. One of them includes Lokesh Jain, resident of Jhalrapatan in Jhalawar in Rajasthan, second is Pawan Jain, resident of Bundi Rajasthan and third is Gopal, resident of Barh in Patna, Bihar. Police have recovered Rs 11 lakh 36 thousand 400 in cash from these fraudsters. At the same time, the police have also arrested 15 other accused on the behest of these fraudsters. At present, the police have sent all these accused to jail after necessary interrogation. According to the police, the money recovered from the accused has been returned to Professor Ruchika Tandon.
