4 online fraudsters arrested from Delhi

GURDASPUR: Police have busted an eight-member gang of online fraudsters with the arrest of four of its members from Delhi on Thursday.

Gurdaspur SSP Rajinder Singh Sohal said, “We received a complaint from Kiranpreet Khakh of Dinanagar on August 5, who claimed she was tricked into providing information about herself, on the pretext of a job, leading to fraudulent withdrawal from her bank account.” He added that she had uploaded her CV on an employment portal, after which she received two phone calls.

“The speakers told her they had checked her biodata and the process to recruit her is on. They sent her a link of an online form on Whatsapp, which she filled out giving her complete information. Then she received an OTP that she conveyed to those who called her, after they demanded it. Within minutes, her bank account was debited of Rs 5 lakh and transferred to other accounts,” he said.

On the basis of the details of the bank accounts to which the money was transferred, police chalked out a plan. A team went to Delhi to execute the arrests.

Those arrested are Pardeep Kumar, Jeetu, Neeraj Sharma and Jai Parkash. “They are part of a gang that has Asees Mittal and Manish Kumar as kingpins. Under the garb of running a money transfer firm, they were duping people,” SSP said.