In a major success, Cyber Police, Jammu, succeded in apprehending the kingpin along with one more associate from Bharatpur, Rajasthan, in Rs 1 Lac OLX fraud case for which FIR no 05/2021 u/s 66D IT Act , 420 IPC stands registered at Cyber Police Station Jammu.
The kingpin and his associate have been identified as Ahmed Khan S/O Sattar Khan and Bilal S/O Khalil Ahmed respectively. Both the arrested accused persons are residents of Chaniya Kalan Teh. Pahari Distt. Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
The Incident took place on 20-01-2020, when the complainant namely Devinder Sharma reported at Cyber Police Station, Jammu, that he has been duped by unknown fraudsters on the pretext of buying an old refrigerator from the complainant for which complainant had advertised on OLX, an online platform for selling and purchase items. Fraudsters convinced the complainant to scan QR code sent through mobile to receive money to buy the refrigerator but eventually they managed to debit Rs 1 Lac from the SBI bank account of Mr Devinder Sharma in 05 transactions.
During the course of investigation, at initial stage, Police succeded in arresting one of the main accused namely Mohd Umar S/o Mohd Siddique R/o Sector 2, Sadiq Nagar, South Delhi. On further investigation through technical evidences, Cyber police were able to unearth the involvement of Ahmed Khan and Bilal ( main accused persons) along with 04 - 05 other people as associates. Based on technical analysis and mobile based locations , Police found that they were operating in Bharatpur area of Rajasthan. SP Cyber Police Naresh Singh, deputed a team to Rajasthan, headed by Inspector Pawan Parihar under the supervision of DySP Wasim Hamdani , Investigating Officer of the case to apprehend both the accused persons.The team acting swiftly arrested both the accused with the help of local police and brought them to Jammu after completing all legal procedures. Sustained questioning of both the accused persons by the Police is going on.
Cyber Police Jammu appeal general Public not to share bank OTP , UPI PIN, never Scan QR code etc and never get lured with cheap online offers floating on social media and other online platforms offering products with unjustified price. Never completely rely on informations like customer care numbers , fake links etc floating on web space which often pop up on your screen as part of search results history on search engines. Review periodically security of your online accounts. Stay alert and vigilant against these online fraudsters.
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