Two non-local frauds remanded
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, June 28 2022: Two non-local online frauds who were arrested by a team of Cyber Crime Police Station (CCPS) Manipur on June 24 from Alwar district Rajasthan have been remanded to seven days police custody by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal West today.

The frauds identified as Jakar Khan (25) s/o Hurmat Khan and Fakru (29) s/o Fajur, both from Kakrali village Rajasthan was brought to Imphal in an Air India flight today by a team of Cyber Crime Police led by Sub Inspector Bhubonchandra from New Delhi after taking transit remand from concerned Court of Rajasthan on June 25 .

Through an APP, the IO of the case submitted that on June 17 one RK Dinesh of Khoyathong Polem Leikai reported that he encountered an advertisement issued by one Vikas Patel, a purported CISF officer posted at Imphal Airport on Facebook on June 1 .

Through the advertisement, Vikas Patel said that he was selling household items as he had been transferred to another place and he was leaving his station (Imphal Airport) .

RK Dinesh was interested in the advertisement and accordingly shared his Whatsapp number with the fraud and the fraud provided him one account number opened in Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited in the name of one Somanath Rajabhau Patil with IFSC code.

As demanded by the fraud, the complainant paid 10 per cent (Rs 75,000) of the total cost of all the items he was supposed to purchase through Somanath Rajabhau Patil's bank account on June 17 .

The fraud gave another mobile number, supposedly of a delivery boy along with details of the consignment but the delivery boy asked RK Dinesh for online transfer of more money.

Accordingly, Dinesh deposited a total amount of Rs 1,89,500 through multiple transactions from his account but no items/articles were delivered to him.

The delivery boy again demanded Rs 75,000.It was at this point a case was registered for investigation, the APP said.

During the course of investigation, a requisition letter was sent to the Branch Manager, Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited, Harshi Branch, Solapur district, Maharashtra to provide information regarding the transactions.

Further investigation revealed that the mobile numbers used by the fraudsters in committing the online fraud were operational in the vicinity of Alwar district, Rajasthan.

Subsequently, a team of CCPS Manipur comprising Sub Inspector Bhubonchandra, Sub Inspector Gangmei Lansailung and Havildar Jamsonmuan was deputed to arrest the suspected persons on June 23 .

On June 24, CCPS Manipur team assisted by Aaravali Vihar police station pulled up four suspected persons including Jakar Khan and Fakru from Kakrali Road, Alwar district .

On verification and preliminary interrogation of the four suspected persons one by one, it was found that Fakru and Jakar Khan were found involved in commission of the crime and accordingly they were arrested and their mobile phones were seized, the APP told the Court.

Jakar Khan disclosed that he used the mobile phone which was seized from him while talking with the victim a courier boy.

Saying the investigation of the case is in initial stage, the IO prayed for remanding the two accused to police custody for seven days.

The Court, on perusal of the case record and after hearing the submission of the IO, remanded the two non-local online fraudsters to police custody till July 4 .

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