Rs 12.65 lakh dishonest: 3 arrested from Nagpur

A senior police officer concerned within the probe stated that the suspects are being dropped at Chandigarh on a transit remand from Nagpur. Sources claimed that the suspects have been apprehended on the premise of sturdy technical proof, which established their direct involvement within the dishonest case. They added {that a} staff from UT’s cyber cell had been stationed in Nagpur for the final three days and sure devices allegedly used within the crime had been recovered from the possession of the suspects.

Around Rs 12.65 lakh was withdrawn from the checking account of a retired insurance coverage agency worker, Krishan Kanhiya, of Sector 41 between January 28 and January 31. The dishonest got here to gentle after Kanhiya’s son, Rahul Rawat, checked the account particulars at Axis Bank, Sector 17, on February 1. Sources stated that later, a cyber cell investigation revealed that the suspects concerned withdraw the quantity, transferred it to an internet pockets and additional invested the cash in crypto currencies. The fraudulent withdrawal came about by way of on-line banking. The cell phone, which was used for on-line banking, was discovered to be operated in Maharashtra, in accordance with the IMEI variety of the cellphone. It is but to be ascertained as to how the boys managed to clone/copy the SIM card of Krishan Kanhiya, who was in Chandigarh whereas money was transferred from his account.

Police suspect Kanhiya could have unknowingly opened some internet hyperlinks or shared confidential details about his account with unknown folks. Sources stated that the modus operandi was new and it was the primary time that the UT cyber cell had arrested suspects for investing in crypto currencies by way of cash that had been procured in a fraudulent means. A case was registered at PS 17