Rajkot: The Cybercrime investigators In Gandhidham discovered a new way to rob people after arresting a 23-year-old man who persuaded people to open bank accounts where he deposited the proceeds of Online fraud.
The accused, Narendra Rajput, was arrested following an investigation into the complaint filed by his friend Chirag Sadhu at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Gandhidham. The police found that Rs 90 lakh had been deposited in the account.
Rajput got a new SIM card in Sadhu’s name and asked him to open bank accounts in the Gandhidham branches of Karnataka Bank and Bank of Maharashtra. Rajput kept the account documents, bank cards, passbooks and the SIM card with him.
A total of Rs 90 lakh was deposited in these accounts on different days. Moreover, seven online complaints of financial fraud from different states were registered against these accounts.
The investigation revealed that Rajput had misused the accounts and deposited fraudulently obtained money into them without Sadhu’s knowledge.
Sadhu, who works as a workshop manager for a private company in Gandhidham, filed the complaint on Sunday.
In May, Rajput approached him and said he needed a Bank account to receive money. Sadhu told him that he had accounts in SBI and Federal Bank, but Rajput said he could not deposit money in his account due to the maximum deposit limit. Rajput visited Sadhu’s account as he was a “trusted friend”.
Rajput assured Sadhu that he would return the account after a short period of use and even offered him a share of the money as an incentive. Sadhu was initially reluctant to share his accounts, but after Rajput’s persuasion, he finally agreed to open a new account with Karnataka Bank.
When Sadhu did not receive the promised bonus money within three to four days, he became suspicious and enquired with the bank. He found that 90 lakh rupees had been deposited on different days.
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