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National Level Shooter Arrested In Cyber Fraud Racket Worth Rs 40 Lakh, Plays A Special Role In Cyber Fraud Syndicate

Won silver and bronze medals in the National Shooting Championship and gold medal in 50 meter and 300 meter rifle events with .22 rifle in the State Level Championship. symbolic picture

Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. The crime branch team has arrested a national level shooter involved in a cyber fraud racket worth Rs 40 lakh. The accused has been identified as Himanshu Chauhan alias Shooter of Sudhamapuri, Nariaz, Agra. His name had surfaced as a key operative in a multi-layered cyber crime syndicate in a fraud of Rs 40 lakh registered in the cyber police station of North Western district on June 25 last year.

Won medals in National Shooting Championship

Accused Himanshu is a national level shooter, who has won silver and bronze medals in the National Shooting Championship and gold medals in 50 meter and 300 meter rifle events with .22 rifle in the State Level Championship. His real brother Raj Chauhan is lodged in Agra jail in a murder case and his cousin was also out on bail in a murder case, who was murdered on Thursday.

This gang spread all over the country

According to Deputy Commissioner Aditya Gautam, the victim was lured into a fake online gaming platform and fraudulent stock trading and IPO investment scheme and the money was transferred through IMPS, NEFT and UPI transactions. Investigation revealed that the defrauded amount of Rs 8 lakh had reached an Axis Bank account linked to the syndicate. Analysis of the NCRP portal revealed that there are 40 linked complaints and two FIRs registered against the same bank account in Cyber ​​South police stations of Bengaluru and Mumbai, which shows that this gang is spread across the country.

played an important role in the syndicate

Interrogation of the co-accused arrested earlier revealed that Himanshu Chauhan played a key role in the syndicate to arrange bank accounts for people to receive the defrauded money. He promised that one lakh would be earned on every account. He acted as a vital link between the mule-account providers and the cyber operators and systematically transferred such accounts to another associate based in Agra for forwarding and layering of the defrauded funds.

The team started advanced technical investigation

To arrest the accused, a team was formed under the supervision of ACP Anil Sharma and under the leadership of Inspector Sandeep Singh. The team started advanced technical investigation. Investigation revealed that the accused was repeatedly changing his location. With the help of real-time technical input, the team nabbed the accused from Agra. Investigation revealed that the accused used to act as an important link between mule-account providers and high-level cyber operators and used to pass on such accounts to other associates.

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