Six including 3

women arrested

Nagpur, 11 Aug

(HS): Nagpur City Cyber Police have exposed a suspected international cybercrime

racket. The fraud is estimated to be of a whopping Rs 90.25 crore. Six people

have been arrested in this connection.

Based on

intelligence information police raided a house in Gajanan Nagar in Hudkeshwar and

a flat in Pawanputra Nagar near Dighori Naka in Nagpur. Police seized some

papers related to cybercrime and digital material, including 236 ATM cards, 82

bank passbooks, 85 cheque books, 180 blank cheques 45 SIM cards, 13 rubber

stamps, 14 Aadhar cards, 5 PAN cards, 4 Voting cards and 3 RC cards. Police

also recovered one card swipe machine, seven bank scanners, documents relating

to KYC and mobile phones used in committing the crime.

Based on fake

documents several bank accounts in different banks were opened for the frauds.

Those arrested

have been indetified as Ujjwala Tarachand Rajgire (32), Irfan Iqbal Sheikh

(32), Mrunali Digambar Kamble (26), Nidhita Amit Ramteke (22), Ayush Chandrakang

Ramteke (20) and Aditya Rahul Dupare (20). Investigation revealed that the 104

offences have been registered or complaints filed against them in various

states.

Police suspect connection

of the racket at international level. The amount of frauds committed by the

accused may increase.

Offences under

Bharatiya Nyay Samhita (BNS) and various sections of Information Technolgy Act

has been registered.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar