Kaithal: Cyber cell to probe fund withdrawal

KAITHAL: The Kaithal police has handed over the investigation into the alleged fraudulent withdrawal of money by a Haryana resident from bank accounts of foreign companies to the Cyber cell of the district police. SP Waseem Akram said that the case was registered in Pundri police station on the basis of a complaint by ministry of home affairs official V Vishwanathan. Initially, the probe was handed over to the economic cell. But since it did not have the technical competence to deal with the complaint, the probe was handed over to the cyber crime, he added.

The SP said that now cyber team and an inspector level police official would be deputed to deal the fraudulent matter. Further he said that it is also yet to confirm whether crime happened in Czech Republic or through online accounts in India.

Haryana police has been unable to even identify or trace the whereabouts of the accused Ramesh Kumar so far, despite in possession of the passport number, his firm address which was registered in Czech Republic and his address at ward-6 in Pundri town of Kaithal. The Haryana police had booked Kumar, owner of a company based in Czech republic for fraudulently withdrawing money from bank accounts of two international firms by hacking into their systems.

The FIR was filed on the basis of a complaint lodged by Deputy secretary in the MHA, V Vishwavnathan.