Nawada Cops Foil Cyber Scam Ring, 10 Held with Data Sheets

A major cyber fraud syndicate operating in Nawada, Bihar, has been busted with 10 arrests and one juvenile in custody, courtesy of alert local police. DSP Nishu Malik briefed reporters on the successful March 19 operation from police HQ.

Warisaliganj station’s intel at 12:20 PM flagged crooks at Zhoor’s Gurga Farm. Promptly forming a raid party on SP’s orders, officers moved in decisively.

Five nabbed at the primary site, six from Godapar—total 11 detentions. Haul: 14 mobiles, nine pages of pilfered customer intel. Station interrogations cracked confessions wide open; case lodged immediately.

Scammers leveraged big-name finance brands like Bajaj and Reliance, mined numbers from online sources including Facebook, rang as managers, built rapport, sought vital IDs (Aadhaar, PAN, passbooks), and extorted processing charges.

Culprits identified: dual Rohit Kumars, Shambhu, Fantush, Vikas, Raviranjan, Amar, Sumit Raj, Lalu, Chandan. All remanded judicially; minor handled separately.

The bust exemplifies Nawada’s zero-tolerance cyber policy, disrupting a threat that defrauds thousands annually. Public awareness campaigns will intensify, advising caution against unsolicited financial queries to thwart future scams.