TEAM OF CYBER POLICE STATION

PRESS *PRESS RELEASE*

*DELHI POLICE*

*DATED: 08.04.2025*

*, NORTH DISTRICT, BUSTED A GANG OF FAKE BANK ACCOUNT HOLDERS AND SUPPLIERS, ALSO SEIZED A CAR, MAKE MAHINDRA THAR AFTER A CHASE*

• *ACTION WAS INITIATED ON THE COMPLAINT OF A DIVORCED LADY, WHO WAS DIGITALLY ARRESTED AND EXTORTED RS. 8,10,000/- ON THE PRETEXT OF MONEY LAUNDERING CASE.*

• *THE GANG MEMBERS MADE CONTINUOUSLY WHATSAPP VIDEO CALL FOR 48 HOURS AND DIGITALLY ARRESTED THE LADY ALONG-WITH HER FATHER AND DAUGHTER.*

• *TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION ALONG-WITH DETAILED CDR ANALYSIS LED TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE SYNDICATE OF FAKE BANK ACCOUNTS USED FOR CYBER CRIME.*

• *RAID WAS CONDUCTED IN THE AREA OF GREATER KAILASH, KALKAJI AND R.K. PURAM, DELHI, LEADING TO THE ARREST OF TOTAL 04 ACCUSED PERSONS WITHIN FOUR DAYS.*

• *THE ACCUSED USED THE FORGED DOCUMENTS OF SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, CBI AND ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE TO EXTORT THE MONEY FROM THE VICTIMS.*

• *CO-ACCUSED WERE CHASED DURING RAID AND THEY LEFT THEIR CAR, MAKE MAHINDRA THAR IN R.K. PURAM AREA WHICH WAS SEIZED BY THE POLICE.*

• *TOTAL 05 MOBILE PHONES WERE RECOVERED FROM ARRESTED ACCUSED PERSONS WHICH WERE USED IN CRIME.*

*INCIDENT:*
A lady complainant namely Kxxxx Gxxxx, r/o Lahori Gate, Delhi, age 45 years, (who does private job) has filed a complaint through NCRP portal at PS Cyber, North District wherein she alleged that she received a call from an unknown number who stated himself from Telecom Department, Delhi. *The suspected tele-caller threatened her for using a fake SIM card on her name.* Further, she received video-calls from some unknown whatsapp numbers stating themselves from ED and CBI department. The fraudsters threatened the lady complainant regarding her involvement in some money laundering case and threatened her to be arrested. *They even sent her the copy of forged petitions on her name using the name and stamp of Supreme Court of India, ED, CBI department logo etc. Further she was subjected to digitally arrested on live video call for 48 hours in her house along-with her daughter and old age father since the morning hours of 05.03.2025 to the evening hours of 07.03.2025. The fraudsters extorted of Rs. 8.10 Lacs from her in lieu of removing her name from the case.* When she felt cheated in this regard, she made a complaint on NCRP portal. Thereafter, a criminal case FIR No. XX/25 dated 24.03.2025 u/s 318(4) BNS was registered at Cyber PS North and the investigation was taken up accordingly.

*TEAM AND OPERATION:*
Sensing the gravity of offence, a dedicated police team led by *SI Tasveer Mathur, comprising ASI Amit Tyagi, ASI Sandeep, HC Vinit, HC Rajender and Ct Jatin* was constituted, under the close supervision of *Inspr. Raman Pratap Singh, SHO/PS Cyber North and guidance of Shri Ashok Kumar, ACP/Operations Cell/North District, Delhi.*

During investigation, the Call Detail Record of alleged phone numbers were sought, money trailing got conducted and other technical details were obtained from different sources. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the victim in this case has been duped in a very professional and systematic manner. A technical surveillance and manual intelligence have been developed continuously.

Thereafter, the locations of the accused persons were continuously traced at different locations of South Delhi i.e. Zamrudpur, East of Kailash and Greater Kailash etc. The constituted team raided the suspected places and after sincere efforts, three accused persons got apprehended and arrested on 31.03.2025. Trio were identified as *1). Raja Mandal, r/o Zamrudpur, East of Kailash, Delhi, age 27 (Account Holder), 2). Tushar Thapa, r/o Ambedkar Nagar, Delhi, age 23 years (Account Provider/Agent) and 3). Saurabh Tiwari, r/o Zamrudpur, Delhi, age 23 years (Account Provider/Agent).*

*INTERROGATION & MODUS OPERANDI:*
During the course of interrogation, it revealed that the arrested accused persons *(Saurabh Tiwari* and *Tushar Thapa)* used to find local persons in the same vicinity for opening fake account on their names and lured them a good commission on every transaction of money received. They also provided fake SIM cards for using the number in bank accounts for getting SMS update and OTPs. Further, the accused persons visited the bank and withdrawn the cheated amount through self-cheque and handover the same to some other person for delivering it to the destination.

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