Cases of cyber fraud from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh are constantly coming to light. In a recent case, Thug Digital arrested a man after telling him he was sending illegal goods in a parcel to Thailand. After this, he was asked to deposit ten lakh rupees in his account and told that he would not be allowed to go away from the camera until the money was deposited in his account. The youth was kept under digital arrest. The fraudster spoke to him as a CBI officer. After being freed from digital arrest, the youth filed a complaint at the cyber police station. Now the police have started investigating the whole matter.
The entire case is from Agrasen Nagar in Ijjat Nagar Police Station area of Bareilly. Pramod Kumar Rathore, a resident of the place, went to the cyber police station and filed a report and said that he received a call on his mobile on the morning of April 24. The caller said that he was talking to the delivery company and said that a parcel has been booked from Mumbai to Thailand on his name, Aadhaar number and phone. The caller said the parcel has been closed. The parcel contains illegal items. Pramod said that he has not sent any parcel anywhere. Then the goon said that he has to file a report at the Mumbai Crime Branch. After this he transferred the call asking to speak to Mumbai Crime Branch and CBI. The person on the other end identified himself as a CBI officer and said that he would have to record his statement on a video call.
Digital arrest on Skype
For this, Pramod was asked to join the Skype mobile app. After this the conversation started through video calling. A man who identified himself as a CBI officer told Pramod that cases of money laundering, drug smuggling and human trafficking had been registered against him and a digital arrest had been made. Not only this, he was threatened. Details of their bank accounts were taken and it was said that the amount lying in the accounts would be investigated. For this, 10 lakh rupees have to be deposited in the surveillance account opened by RBI.
49 lakh rupees were deposited in the account
Due to fear, Pramod deposited Rs 10 lakh in the said account. Pramod was kept under digital arrest for 25 hours and told that the CBI would come to arrest him if he moved away from the cameras. He was intimidated and threatened saying that it was a case of smuggling between the two countries and deposited Rs 49 lakh in his account. After that, Pramod called that number several times, but it was not received. Investigation revealed that he was cheated. A complaint was registered at the cyber police station 25 hours after the digital arrest.
Account Freeze
Pramod, the victim of fraud, remained in digital arrest for 25 hours. After that, when he realized that he had been cheated, he reached the cyber police station in Bareilly and lodged a complaint. Based on this complaint, the cyber police have registered a case and started investigating the entire matter. The account has also been frozen. According to information, many businessmen in Bareilly have become victims of cyber fraud and have been digitally arrested for several hours and these people have also filed a case at the cyber police station. An investigation is currently going on in this matter.
