Kingpin still at large
PrashantNews
The Special Task Force (STF) in Uttarakhand on Monday claimed to have busted a cyber gang that was committing fraud across the country in the name of PM Mudra Loan Scheme and arrested two of its members.
However, the kingpin of this gang, identified as Deepak Raj Sharma, is still at large, police said. Sharma who is son of Ramlot Sharma, is a native of village Vishunpur, Chhotepatti, district Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Giving the detailed information, STF Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ayush Aggarwal said that Rs 131100 and 64 SIM cards were recovered from the possession of Rahul Chaudhary alias Rahul Kanojia (30) and Siddhant Chauhan (22) after they were arrested from Premnagar area of Dehradun. Eleven ATM cards, 10 mobile phones, two bank passbooks and check books of seven banks have also been recovered. The two gangsters are being rigorously interrogated in order to nab Sharma, the kingpin of the gang.
SSP Agarwal said that action against the duo came on the basis of the information of various web portals of the Home Ministry. The gang mostly defrauded residents of the South Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Aggarwal said that some suspicious mobile numbers committing online fraud in the name of PM Mudra Loan Scheme were found to be active in the Premnagar area for a long time. During the investigation, data analysis of various mobile numbers revealed that lakhs of rupees were being deposited in installments of Rs 25-30 thousand per day by people from across the country in many suspicious bank accounts.
He said that prima facie, transactions worth about Rs 1.5 crore took place in the three suspicious bank accounts that came to light in the last two months alone. This amount was mostly deposited by the people of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
After analyzing the incidents of online fraud, nearly 35 complaints were registered in these states. The gang was operating from Premnagar by using technology which used to show their location somewhere else in the country.
During interrogation, Choudhary revealed that he is 12th pass and came to Dehradun with the kingpin Sharma. He said that it was Sharma who told him about the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Loan Scheme by stating that he is a government employee of this scheme. Sharma also gave some other details of the scheme to the duo.
This entire gang was being run by Sharma, who had kept 4-5 boys from Andhra Pradesh to defraud the people of South Indian states in the name of Mudra Loan Scheme. For this, fake accounts were opened and fake mobile numbers are also linked to these accounts. As soon as the money was deposited, it was immediately withdrawn from the ATMs as soon as the message was received. All the SIM cards used for fraud were bought on fake IDs. Sharma has also bought a piece of land in Suddhowala area and is building a hostel there.
A case under Section 420/467/468/471/201/34 IPC and 66D IT Act has been registered at Cyber Police Station, Dehradun. Deputy Superintendent of Police Ankush Mishra and CEO of I4C, Home Ministry, Dr. Rajesh Kumar and his team have played a major role in the arrest of these gangsters.
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