THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Hazaribag, Dec 10: In a major crackdown, the Hazaribagh Police have arrested four youths who used to get huge amounts of money transferred to their accounts through Pakistani handlers.
Pratibinb app
Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan, organising a press conference, said that the success came after a phone number used in a cybercrime in Punjab was investigated through the Pratibinb app. The said number was found active in the Korra police station area.
He said that a team was formed under the leadership of Sadar police station in-charge Inspector Lalit Kumar and Korra police station in-charge Nishi Choubey and the entire matter was investigated.
The number was traced through the technical cell which operated in the Korra police station area.
The police took immediate action and arrested four youths from Mantu Lodge in Korra. Among the youth who were caught by the police, were Nitish Kumar, father Raghunandan Sao, village Kanohi police station-Hunterganj, Chatra, Raja Raman Kaushik, father late Upendra Kumar, Pandepura, Hunterganj, Chatra, Arvind Kumar, father Ajay Kumar Yadav, Bebo Satgharwa, Hunterganj, Chatra and Saif Riaz alias Shibu, father Reyaz Ahmed, Javakatiya, police station Majhauli, West Champaran, Bihar.
10 mobile phones
The police seized 10 mobile phones from different companies, 36 SIM cards, 37 debit and credit cards from different banks, 12 passbooks from different banks, a chequebook, an Airtel fibre router and an Apache bike number JH 13H-0536, a Mahindra XUV from them.
The SP said that during the preliminary investigation, it came to light that they receive money from more than 50 bank accounts and then withdraw it from ATMs. “After that, as per the instructions of their Pakistani handlers, all the money is deposited into bank accounts from many states of the country through CDM. For the last few days, they have been doing the above work while living in the Korra police station area of Hazaribagh district,” he pointed out.
At the behest of Pakistani handlers, they used to open accounts in banks of Jharkhand and get money. The amount was transferred based on WhatsApp messages on mobile.
The police will take the accused on remand and interrogate them.
