Jhalawar Police has exposed an interstate cyber fraud gang. This gang was running a scam worth crores in government schemes. Police arrested 30 accused of this gang under Operation ‘Shutterdown’. Rs 53 lakh in cash, 30 vehicles (including 12 luxury cars) and more than 11,000 suspicious bank accounts were recovered from the accused. Apart from this, thousands of chequebooks, passbooks, ATM cards, more than 35 laptops/computers and 70 mobiles have also been seized.
Jhalawar SP Amit Kumar said that this gang committed fraud by purchasing bank accounts of ineligible people to avail the benefits of government schemes. He said that the accused used to cheat crores of rupees by taking OTP by misusing the government digital system. After registering fake beneficiaries and getting approval from the portal, they used to get crores of rupees from the government funds transferred to their accounts.
According to the police, this gang was committing fraud in government schemes. A person from Jhalawar was doing scams by taking under his control the money of the schemes of Jodhpur, Kota, Bundi and Dosa districts. Police said that the accused were spread across the country and used many digital devices to commit fraud worth lakhs.
SP said that by running a campaign, the police has caught the fraudsters in the schemes being run for farmers, pensioners and weaker sections. Laptops, computers and mobile devices were found in their possession, which means the gang was working in an organized manner.
The arrested accused were members of an interstate gang. Police seized 30 vehicles from them, including 12 luxury cars. Apart from this, Rs 53 lakh cash was also recovered from the possession of the accused. All these cases came to light under the action of Jhalawar district police and Operation Shutdown. All the accused are in judicial custody, the search for the absconding accused is going on.
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