Hyderabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has arrested 27 cyber fraudsters in Rajasthan involved in hundreds of cases in Telangana and other states.
In the first-ever inter-state special operation, the Cyber Security Bureau raided three different locations in Rajasthan.
TGCSB Director Shikha Goel told mediapersons that the cyber fraudsters were involved in a staggering 2,223 cybercrime cases across India, including 189 cases in Telangana.
She said four teams from TGCSB camped in Rajasthan and carried out this operation during the last fortnight of September as part of ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy against cybercrimes.
The official said the TGCSB recently formed a Special Operations Wing as part of a strategic approach to conduct centralised and large-scale interstate operations to curb cybercrimes.
“This was the first operation carried out by this special operations wing. The teams were deployed at various locations in Rajasthan (Jaipur, Jodhpur and Nagaur) and conducted operations in surrounding areas,” she said.
Real-time technical support team from TGCSB headquarters coordinated 24×7 with the field level teams deployed in Rajasthan.
During the operations, the teams arrested 27 cyber fraudsters who were involved in opening and operating 29 mule accounts which had suspicious transactions to the tune of Rs 11,01,18,882 as per initial estimates.
These accused are involved in 189 cases in Telangana, in which the total amount lost is Rs 9 crore.
They willingly allowed their accounts to be used for conducting cybercrimes. Their crimes were related to business and investment, trading, and digital arrest.
A total of 31 mobile phones, 37 SIM cards, 13 ATM cards, 7 cheque books, two cancelled cheques, two hard discs, and certain other documents were seized from their possession. The arrested accused were brought on transit warrants from Rajasthan and are now lodged in various jails in Telangana.
“Further, 33 more cyber criminals were identified during the operation, and we are working to arrest them in the near future. The complicity of bank officials in opening and operating the said mule accounts is also being examined, and action will be taken against them as per law,” Shikha Goel said.
The main purpose of this operation was to break the supply chain of illicit bank accounts for facilitating cybercrimes. The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau shall continue to conduct more such interstate operations targeting cyber criminals across India to ensure a cyber-safe Telangana, she added.
Arrests accused are Kalu Ram (33 years), Lokesh Sharma (28), Pradeep Gehlot (25), Rajesh Barman (25), Kalyan Barman (26), Manish Jakhar (20), Kailash Chand Dara (22), Sachin Bhadana (29), Tushar Jangid (21), Mohith sharma (28), Lakkan Arora (21), Shubham Jatawat (26), Ashish Jangid (26), Deepak Jangid (20), Lucky Kamawat (19), Murali Dhar Gour (37), Rakesh Dudi (27), Vinod Chavariya (21), Rakesh Jat (30), Om Harisharnam (30), Sanjay Morya (24), Rajesh Pancharia (27), Ramvilas Sargra (21), Vishnu Prasad Sargara (20), Sravan Kumar Mali (38), Rashid (26) and Maqsood (28).
–IANS
ms/pgh
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
