Cheated worth lakhs on the pretext of closing credit card

Ambikapur. Ambikapur police has arrested an inter-state accused who was involved in fraud in the name of closure of international credit card services from Giridih, Jharkhand. 5 mobiles used in the incident, 3 ATM cards, 2 different Aadhaar cards of the accused, 1 PAN card, documents used in fraud, Rs 2000 in cash and airline tickets have been recovered from the possession of the accused. According to the police, applicant Piyush Kujur of Raghunathpur police station, Lundra came to outpost Raghunathpur and lodged a report that on September 19, 2023, an unknown person called the applicant and tricked him into downloading the mobile application and sending him an OTP by talking about canceling the international services of the credit card. A total of Rs 2,44,496/- has been defrauded in different transactions. On the basis of the applicant’s report, the crime was registered at Lundra police station and taken up for investigation.

Taking cognizance of the matter, under the direction of Superintendent of Police Surguja Sunil Sharma, directions were given to take immediate action in cyber fraud cases and arrest the accused immediately. In the same sequence, a joint team was formed under the leadership of Additional Superintendent of Police Puplesh Kumar, Sub-Divisional Officer Police Sitapur Rajendra Mandavi, Sub-Divisional Officer Police Rural Akhilesh Kaushik and the whereabouts of the accused were being searched. After receiving technical information regarding the accused from the cyber cell, a joint team was sent to Giridih Jharkhand to arrest the accused. The joint police team surrounded the accused involved in the case and interrogated him from Ranchi airport. The accused told his name to be Mukesh Mandal, age 31 years, resident of city Keshwari police station Sariya district Giridih Jharkhand. On interrogating the accused regarding the incident, he confessed to cheating by opening his account under the lure of commission and giving it to other accused involved in the case. 5 mobile phones used in the incident, 3 ATM cards, 2 different Aadhar cards of the accused, 1 PAN card, documents used in fraud, Rs 2000/- in cash and airline tickets have been recovered from the possession of the accused. After finding evidence of crime, he was arrested and sent to judicial custody.