Garhwal Post Bureau
DEHRADUN, 8 Aug: The Cyber Crime Police Team of STF Uttarakhand has arrested two main accused from Ludhiana, Punjab, for cheating a retired senior citizen from Haridwar of Rs 1.45 crore. The accused used to cheat people by pretending to be CBI officers and Supreme Court judges. They scared victims with fake arrest threats and got their money by sending fake court orders and audio recordings.
This case came to light when a retired senior citizen from Haridwar, who earlier worked as a Junior Engineer in the Irrigation Department, filed a complaint. He said he got a call from a foreign number. The caller claimed to be from CBI and Mumbai Police. He threatened the victim with a false money laundering case. Out of fear, the victim and his wife shared their bank account, FDR, and PPF details.
Later, the fraudsters showed fake Supreme Court documents and arrest warrants through video calls and tricked the victim into transferring Rs 1.45 crore into different bank accounts.
The cyber police quickly started an investigation. With the help of technical evidence, they found that the accused had opened bank accounts in Yes Bank, PNB, and Canara Bank using fake documents. The money was transferred into these accounts. The two accused arrested are Jatinder Kumar and Manpreet Singh, both residents of Ludhiana, Punjab.
The police recovered an Apple iPhone 13 Pro, an Oppo A15 mobile, two Aadhaar cards, one PAN card, and other electronic evidence from them.
The accused told the police that they operated as a gang. They used fake mobile numbers and digital platforms to trick people. They used to scare victims by pretending to be government officers and forced them to share financial details.
The accused’s bank accounts were also found to have complaints registered against them on the NCRP portal of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
