Two arrested for duping IFS officer
Viraj Deshpande | TNN | Dec 19, 2018, 03:57 ISTNagpur: Ambazari police have arrested two middle men for their alleged involvement in duping senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer from Kolkata. Shravan Shrivastav, 56, was duped of Rs1.75 lakh over a phishing call by the accused using UPI-based apps.
The accused are Pradip Kumar Mandal and Mahabir Mandal, both residents of Jharkhand. Both were arrested on Sunday and brought to the city next day. The cops have procured PCR of the accused till December 21.
On December 14, TOI reported how tricksters are using UPI-based apps to target citizens across the country, including the city. The ones who fell prey to them include a retired Supreme Court Justice.
Shrivastav, a resident of Mangalwari Bazar, had received a call from a person on December 4 claiming to be a bank representative. The caller that Shrivastav’s ATM card was expiring and took his details by promising to extended the validity.
However, the accused transferred money from the officer’s account to different bank accounts using UPI-based apps. Shrivastav later approached Cyber Complaint Cell (C3) of the city crime branch, which investigated the matter and registered an offence at Ambazari police station.
Ambazari police also started a parallel investigation and looked for accounts where the money was transferred. It is learnt that the accused transferred small amounts to different accounts across the country.
Cops then took out details of one of the account holders who hailed from Kolkata. A team of Ambazari police, under the guidance of senior PI Bhimrao Khandal, was sent to Kolkata. API Suraj Suroshe led the team. Police approached the account holder and came to know that he had given the ATM card to one of his friends, Pradip.
Police then tracked down Pradip by laying a trap with the help of West Bengal police and nabbed him. During questioning, he spilled the beans about Mahabir. Cops also seized the ATM card from Mahabir and took both into custody.
It is learnt that the accused were just middle men appointed by the kingpin of the racket. The middlemen only get commission for every ATM card they provide while the fraudulent money goes to the kingpin.
Police have currently located the kingpin of this racket to Jharkhand and will soon send a team to nab him.
The accused are Pradip Kumar Mandal and Mahabir Mandal, both residents of Jharkhand. Both were arrested on Sunday and brought to the city next day. The cops have procured PCR of the accused till December 21.
On December 14, TOI reported how tricksters are using UPI-based apps to target citizens across the country, including the city. The ones who fell prey to them include a retired Supreme Court Justice.
Shrivastav, a resident of Mangalwari Bazar, had received a call from a person on December 4 claiming to be a bank representative. The caller that Shrivastav’s ATM card was expiring and took his details by promising to extended the validity.
However, the accused transferred money from the officer’s account to different bank accounts using UPI-based apps. Shrivastav later approached Cyber Complaint Cell (C3) of the city crime branch, which investigated the matter and registered an offence at Ambazari police station.
Ambazari police also started a parallel investigation and looked for accounts where the money was transferred. It is learnt that the accused transferred small amounts to different accounts across the country.
Cops then took out details of one of the account holders who hailed from Kolkata. A team of Ambazari police, under the guidance of senior PI Bhimrao Khandal, was sent to Kolkata. API Suraj Suroshe led the team. Police approached the account holder and came to know that he had given the ATM card to one of his friends, Pradip.
Police then tracked down Pradip by laying a trap with the help of West Bengal police and nabbed him. During questioning, he spilled the beans about Mahabir. Cops also seized the ATM card from Mahabir and took both into custody.
It is learnt that the accused were just middle men appointed by the kingpin of the racket. The middlemen only get commission for every ATM card they provide while the fraudulent money goes to the kingpin.
Police have currently located the kingpin of this racket to Jharkhand and will soon send a team to nab him.
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