Interstate cyber gang running fake call center busted, 26 arrested in Varanasi
Varanasi, 21 Aug (HS): The police has busted an interstate cyber gang running a fake call center in the name of investment and trading in the stock market in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh. A total of 26 accused, including the king
Interstate cyber gang running fake call center busted, 26 arrested


Varanasi, 21 Aug (HS): The police

has busted an interstate cyber gang running a fake call center in the name of

investment and trading in the stock market in Varanasi district of Uttar

Pradesh. A total of 26 accused, including the kingpin of the gang, have been

arrested. DCP Crime Sarvanan T and ADCP Crime Neetu Kadyan jointly said that a

fake call center was being operated in a multi-storey building located near

Sigra intersection of the district. On this information, a joint police team of

Cyber ​​Cell, Cyber ​​Thana, Laxmi and Sigra police station raided the place

and 26 accused were arrested from the spot. Prominent among the arrested

accused are Krishna Kumar, resident of Bharatpur, Korea (Chhattisgarh),

Dhananjay Chauhan, resident of Bhairopur Khanpur Ghazipur, Divyashu Upadhyay,

resident of Ganeshpur Shivpur Varanasi, Chandan Pandey, resident of Mohania

Kaimur (Bihar) and Prakhar Dubey, resident of Dubeypur Mafi Chakia (Chandauli)

along with 21 other interstate cyber fraudsters have been arrested.

Officials said that the fake call

center has also been seized. During interrogation, the interstate cyber

fraudsters involved in the gang told that they used to call people across the

country and lure them into investing and promising huge profits in the stock

market. People were made to invest a large amount and initially, partial

profits were shown from their money. After some time, their entire money was

usurped on the pretext of loss in the market. In some cases, attempts were also

made to intimidate them.

It is noteworthy that three months

ago, the Delhi team of CBI had also exposed a large network of a similar

international cyber fraud gang in Varanasi. The police team is now

investigating the network, bank accounts and digital transactions of the

accused so that the number of victims and the total amount defrauded can be

ascertained.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi


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