Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In a major breakthrough, cyber crime branch police on Wednesday arrested two persons involved in purchase and sale of mule bank accounts used by cyber conmen in cases of digital arrest. The gang was busted by cyber crime branch and eight members of the gang were sent behind the bars.
Cyber fraudsters posing as Mumbai crime branch official had digitally arrested the complainant on pretext that he had sent 200 mg of MD drug parcel which has been caught. Moreover, they also threatened to frame him in case of money laundering and duped him of cash Rs 68.49 lakh. Police traced the bank accounts used in the crime and arrested eight persons involved in the racket.
On Wednesday, police team arrested two persons with mobile phones and SIM cards who had sold the mule bank accounts to the cyber conmen. They have been identified as Vishal Bhatt (25) and his brother Yashpal Bhatt (21) of Bhilwada in Rajasthan.
Vishal is a graduate while Yashpal is a Class 12 student. Questioning them revealed that they purchased mule bank account from a person named Namo Narayan Meena. Bhatt brothers sold the mule bank account to cyber conmen in foreign countries on Telegram in return of 20 per cent commission on the transactions.
Earlier, police had arrested Rajendra Kumar Meena of Sawai Madhopur in whose name the mule bank account was opened on the basis of forged documents. o
thers arrested were bank employee Lokesh Saini of Jaipur who helped in opening mule bank account, Abdul Kadir and Abdul Rehman of Kerala who withdrew cash and handed it over to conmen, Namo Narayan Meena of Rajasthan who purchased mule accounts, Dubradala Sikka of Odisha, a mule account holder, Rohit Turuk of Odisha who purchased mule account from Sikka and Nohd Shafi who withdrew cash and handed it over to conmen.
