By Express News Service
BHAWANIPATNA: A particular squad of Bhawanipatna Police has arrested 5 cyber frauds of Uttar Pradesh for duping a few Rs 2.64 lakh on-line. The victims – Gangadhar Subudhi and his spouse – had fallen into the phishing lure of the frauds who had lured them into sharing their debit card particulars earlier this month.
On January 9, Subudhi had obtained a name from somebody posing as buyer care government of a telecom firm. The caller congratulated him for successful a money prize of Rs 20,000 and a wise cellphone. He was requested to share his buyer ID upon receipt of a message to assert the prize cash on January 11.
The sufferer was instructed to obtain an utility on his cell phone and likewise share {photograph} of his spouse’s debit card which he did. Later, Subudhi discovered that his checking account had been debited Rs 2,18,800 whereas his spouse misplaced Rs 45,591 from her account. After a grievance was registered, a particular crew tracked down mobile phone particulars of the 5 accused and arrested them from Uttar Pradesh on January 21.
They had been recognized as Avilash Singh (21), Parvez Ahamad (31), Wahid Khan (25), Shahrukh Khan (19) and Juned Ahamad (39), all belonging to Bigehna village below Bewar police station of UP’s Hamirpur district. Another accused, Sohel Ahmad, continues to be at giant, mentioned a press launch by SP Sarvana Vibek. The accused had been offered earlier than SDJM, Bhawanipatna on transit remand as we speak.