Young man used to run a hardware shop, earned Rs 10 crore in 2 days, DSP got wind of this, then ‘real game’ opened

Purnia: The shopkeeper hailing from Purnia, Bihar was earning a lot of money. There was no crowd in the hardware shop, but he used to do lakhs of transactions every day. The life stall was normal, but the bankers were shocked to see his transaction. He made a transaction of more than Rs 10 crore in just 2 days. As soon as the DSP came to know about this, the person was caught and interrogated, in which the secret of the real game was revealed.

A major action by the cyber police station of Purnia exposed the face of such an interstate cyber gang. Whose wires were spread to Bihar, Bengal and Maharashtra. This matter came to light when a transaction of Rs 10.50 crore suddenly happened in the bank account of an ordinary hardware shopkeeper of the area within two days. Such a huge amount amid seemingly normal business surprised even the bank officials.

The person used to run a hardware shop
Rupesh Saliya, a resident of Teenpaniya of Kasba police station, who used to earn his daily living by selling screw-nuts and pipe-fittings in his small hardware shop, did not know that he had fallen into the trap of cyber criminals. A complaint about suspicious transaction was sent by the bank to the cyber police station, after which the matter immediately came on the radar of DSP Chandan Thakur. When the cyber team started an in-depth investigation, the whole game started unraveling. When Rupesh was taken into custody and interrogated, he told that a young man from Bengal had taken the details of his current account, claiming to be his business partner. Rupesh also told that cyber thugs used this account for their fraud by luring him with ‘higher earnings’.

Did a transaction worth Rs 10.50 crore
Investigation revealed that a person from Maharashtra was threatened and intimidated by cyber thugs in the name of ‘digital arrest’. He was told that his call was linked to some international crime and in the name of investigation he would have to immediately send the money to a specified account. This money was sent to Rupesh’s account. Total Rs 10.50 crore. Admitting his mistake, Rupesh said that he went to Siliguri and handed over this entire amount in cash to the cyber thug of Bengal and in return he got 5 percent commission i.e. lakhs of rupees. He did not understand that he had become a part of a big crime.

police raiding
DSP Chandan Thakur said that “Digital Arrest” is completely fake and a method of cyber fraud. No police officer can arrest anyone over phone or video call. He warned people that due to greed and fear, people are becoming easy victims of fraud. The investigation has so far identified five cyber criminals from several states and the team is conducting raids to arrest them.