New Delhi, Oct 24 – Delhi Police have arrested two men from Gujarat’s Surendranagar district for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud case in which a woman from Delhi was cheated of Rs 7 lakh. Officials said on Friday that the accused were part of a network that arranged bank accounts for fraudulent transactions and withdrew the defrauded money for a commission.
As per agency report, the arrested men have been identified as 24-year-old Shoaibbhai Multani, a salesman at a tractor company, and 37-year-old Aslambhai Multani, who runs a dairy farm. Police sources said the duo played a crucial role in facilitating financial transactions for an organized cybercrime network operating across multiple states.
The case came to light when a nursing officer at a government hospital in Delhi filed a complaint stating that she received a call on July 19 from a person claiming to be a law enforcement officer. The caller told her that her name had appeared in a money laundering investigation and placed her under alleged “video surveillance.” He then tricked her into transferring Rs 7 lakh to a specified bank account.
Following her complaint, an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched. Police later discovered that 30 percent of the defrauded amount had been transferred to a bank account in Jharkhand, while the remaining 70 percent went to an account in Gujarat. CCTV footage from a bank in Surendranagar showed one of the accused withdrawing money using a cheque, confirming his involvement.
Raids were subsequently conducted in both Jharkhand and Gujarat, leading to the arrest of the two suspects. Another accused, Jitendra Kumar from Jharkhand, had already been apprehended earlier. Police officials said the investigation is ongoing to trace other members of the cyber fraud network.
