Two minors, four others held for cyber fraud

Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur police on Tuesday arrested 6 persons, including two minor boys accused of committing cyber crime and recovered five mobile phones, 8 SIM cards from their possession
During a press conference, SSP, Dinesh Kumar P said, “The accused used to steal photos, names and friend list from social networking sites, create fake accounts and ask money from the friends of the account holders. They used to get the money deposited in the various bank accounts/wallets. Their targets included MLA Fateh Bahadur Singh, advocate Neeraj Shahi and many businessmen, police officials, political leaders and eminent people. The accused asked for money from their friends and get it deposited in bank accounts under fake IDs.”
The five accused identified as Ansar Khan, Shakir Khan, Waheed Khan and Qasim Khan of Mathura and two minor boys were booked under relevant sections of IPC. The accused stole Rs 80 lakh only from Gorakhpur district and police are investigating the bank transactions.