People associated with this incident were operating from different states.
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When the master mind was found in the incident with the engineer girl, the wires were linked to Dubai. He also transacts money in India through Hawala from Dubai. Police has issued a lookout circular for his arrest.
Mukesh Mangal, Naiduniya Indore. A shocking revelation has come to light in an investigation by Digital Arrest. In this incident that happened with the engineer girl, the criminals had used 1400 SIM cards which were operating from eight different states. The kingpin is a youth from Hyderabad who is sitting in Dubai.
When the crime branch examined the mobile phones of the accused, it was found that 1400 SIM cards and four mobile phones were used in the incident. When the cyber expert found out the location of the SIM card, it was found that the fraudsters were operating mobile phones from the cities of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kolhapur, Kolkata along with states like Tripura, Manipur, Delhi, Gujarat, Telangana.
The mastermind of the fraud turned out to be Jaisinha of Hyderabad who was operating the gang sitting in Dubai. He also transacts money in India through Hawala from Dubai. Police have issued a lookout circular for the arrest.
Information has also been sent to CBI, Interpol and CID. The team again conducted a raid in Hyderabad to catch him but the officers could not raid due to fear of a communal incident.
Fraud worth crores in 27 incidents of digital arrest
According to Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya, till now the police have received 27 complaints related to digital arrest. The biggest fraud of Rs 49 lakh happened with a retired bank officer. An FIR has been lodged in this matter at Lasudia police station. The last link of the accused is connecting to Dubai. Probably the money has been sent through crypto currency.
Bank accounts of villagers, shopkeepers and laborers
The police also investigated the accounts in which money transactions took place. When a young man was caught from Rajasthan, he turned out to be a peddler. Bank officials said that the fraudulent amount was transferred to the accounts of the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Manipur, Telangana, Bengal, Delhi apart from the cities of Noida, Mathura, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Thane, Sangroli, Hathras and Bilaspur. .
According to Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya, the accused have taken the accounts on commission. The people in whose accounts the money was transferred are villagers, laborers and shopkeepers.
Two businessmen arrested after defrauding traders of Rs 52.82 lakh
The crime branch has arrested two accused of fraud. Both of them had absconded after cheating 12 businessmen of Khajuri market of Rs 52 lakh 82 thousand. Both were arrested from Raipur. According to Additional DCP (Crime) Rajesh Dandotia, accused Suresh Lalwani is the operator of Modern Copy House and Sanjay Lalwani is the operator of Sanjay Stationery.
Police found out the location of the bank accounts and mobile numbers of the accused and on Thursday arrested Suresh son of Kuddumal Lalwani and Sanjay son of Suresh Lalwani, both residents of Gurunanak Colony, Raipur. Police remand has been taken.