Pendra, Gaurela, Marwahi. These days the police in the district is seen to be alert about betting and other criminal cases. Similarly, a few days ago, on getting information about those running IPL betting online through Sky Exchange Raja Rani app, the Cyber Cell and Pendra Police Station took action on the instructions of the Superintendent of Police. In this, an accused Ritesh Sultania managed to escape from the spot. On the basis of information received from his seized mobile, GPM Police has arrested the youths who gave their accounts on rent to the bookies for use and those who took the betting money in their accounts.
When information was collected about the numbers being used by Satta Khaiwal Ritesh, the team of Cyber Cell while locating reached a youth of Pendra, who had no idea that a SIM card was issued in his name. He told that a youth named Yogesh Devangan from Pendra had set up a stall to sell SIM cards near a bank a few months ago, where he was selling SIM cards with tempting offers like unlimited data for one month etc.
When the youth went to Yogesh Devangan’s stall, Yogesh made him give his thumb impression and photograph twice, in which he said that the activation was not possible the first time, then gave him a SIM card and sent him away saying that it will be activated after two days, which was not activated later. On the basis of the statement, Yogesh Devangan was taken into custody and when questioned, he told that he used to port SIM cards for the bookies on the pretext of activating SIM cards in the name of innocent customers who came to the stall. In this way, he gets SIM cards allotted by confusing the IDs of the customers, due to which he has activated thousands of SIM cards. Anyway, a total of 6 accused have been arrested, from whom the police is probing several mobile phones, several SIM cards of bookies and bank details related to them. Yogesh Devangan has been sent on police remand and all the other five accused have been sent on judicial remand after taking action under sections of IT Act including cheating, criminal conspiracy.
These accused were sent on judicial remand. Police has taken action by detaining Ajay Yadav, son of Ramji Yadav, age 27 years, Patganwa, Police Station Pendra; Jitendra Kumar Sonwani, son of Sudama Prasad, age 23 years, Barka Mohalla, village Barwasan, Police Station Gaurela. Rajkumar Kashyap, son of Ganga Ram Kashyap, age 40 years, village Kudkai, Police Station Pendra. Rahul Kori, son of Suresh Kori, age 24 years, Diet Colony Pendra. Anurag Soni, son of Santosh Soni, age 19 years, village Bandhi, Police Station Pendra; Yogesh Devangan, son of late Santosh Kumar Devangan, Sakra Schoolpara Post/Police Station Malkharoda, District Sakti.