1 crore 12 lakh fraud, Raigarh police caught three fraudsters
Raigarh. Under the direction of Inspector General of Police Sanjeev Shukla, Superintendent of Police Divyaang Patel had instructed Deputy Superintendent of Police Cyber Abhinav Upadhyay to form a separate online fraud cell in the cyber cell and investigate the case thoroughly and identify and arrest the accused across India. In this connection, the cyber team was continuously making meaningful efforts to solve various links of the complex web of trading scam. Crime number 187/24 registered in Tamnar police station was registered under sections 318 (4), 3 (5), 338, 340 (2) IPC and 66 (D) IT Act and was taken into investigation. After a thorough investigation, the accused were identified who were found to be in another state, West Bengal.
On this, a joint team of Cyber Cell Tamnar Kharsia, Jute Mill, Kotarrod etc. police stations under the leadership of Inspector Tamnar Arshiwad Rahatgaonkar was sent by the Superintendent of Police to other states Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal for investigation and arrest of the accused in various cases. Taking action on this, the said team, after earlier arresting 02 accused from Jamtara (Jharkhand), has achieved significant success in arresting 03 accused operating the trading scam in West Bengal as well.
A complaint was lodged by Gopal Krishna Sharma living in Savitrinagar Colony JPL Tamnar that on 06.06.2024, a message came on the applicant’s mobile number from an unknown WhatsApp number to download the Grow App to get high returns in the share market. When the Grow app could not be downloaded, a link was sent to him from the same number which he downloaded on his mobile, the applicant/victim was told that this is an international account in which he can buy and sell shares of Upper Circuit and IPO. In which 10 to 50 percent money can be earned daily. Money was transferred to various accounts through the said app from 11/06/2024 to 03/07/2024. On 03/07/2024, when the total amount of Rs 59418711.00 started appearing in the portal, then a request was made to withdraw the money but the money was not transferred to the account. After that, when the applicant posted a message in the WhatsApp group created by the accused for the share market regarding non-withdrawal of money, he was told through the WhatsApp message that 15 percent of the total profit has to be deposited as personal income tax, which is Rs 7201817, otherwise he cannot withdraw the money. In this way, the applicant was repeatedly misled and cheated of Rs 11243913 (one crore twelve lakh forty-three thousand nine hundred and thirteen rupees).
On the basis of the complaint, crime number 187/24 was registered in Tamnar police station under sections 318(4), 3(5), 338, 340(2) IPC and 66 (D) IT Act and investigation was taken up. Information was obtained about the accounts in which the money was transferred, in which Rs 33 lakh was found credited in an account named Rupees Innovative, which belongs to the director Gaurhari Mandal.
On preliminary interrogation of the accused, it was found that this trading scam is operated through mule accounts (generally current accounts which are sold by the original holder to someone else in exchange for a few rupees) spread across India. Hence, after thorough interrogation in the case, there is a possibility of identification of other accused and disclosure of a larger network.
Crimes committed by the accused at other places in India:-
As per the guidelines given from time to time by the Director General of Police, Chhattisgarh to the Superintendents of Police, they have been directed to find out all India linkages in cyber fraud, in line with which Superintendent of Police Divyaang Patel directed his subordinates to investigate the complaints and crimes lodged against the said accused all over India in this case also. Apart from the crime at Tamnar police station, frauds of more than Rs 13 crore were reported at 08 other places, which are as follows-
- District Nagaon, Assam, fraud of Rs 378800.00.
- District Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, fraud of Rs 1,60,70,000.
- Police station Bhawanipur, District Kolkata South Division, fraud of Rs 2,03,74,000.00.
- Police station Bhawanipur, District Kolkata South Division, fraud of Rs 1,95,49,000.
- Police station Cyber Crime Police Station Crime No. 15/24, District Kozhikode, Kerala, fraud of Rs 4,73,14,000.00.
- Cyber Police Station, West Region Crime No. 320/24 in District Bandra West, Mumbai, fraud of total Rs. 33,78,955.00.
- Cyber Police Station Brihanmumbai City Crime No. 417/24 fraud of total Rs. 1,46,22,066.00.
- Fraud of Rs. 63,35,000 in District Madipakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Names of arrested accused-
- MkW Gaurharimandal father late Kanailal Mandal age 54 years resident Raichaidhari Bagan Ward No. 06 Police Station Boraipur District 24 Parganas South West Bengal.
