The Class 4 drop-out had called up a south Mumbai auto spare parts shop-owner in December 2019 and told him to update his KYC for PayTM. He got him to download an app, asked for a one-time password and took control of his bank account. Within 15 minutes, the accused transferred Rs 1.7 lakh in five transactions
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A 25-year-old Jamtara resident, who used to sell bhelpuri at Juhu Chowpatty few years back, was recently arrested by Mumbai police in connection with a cyber cheating case of Rs 1.7 lakh .
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The accused was identified as Badri Mondal, stated a report in The Times of India.
The Class 4 drop-out had called up a south Mumbai auto spare parts shop-owner in December 2019 and told him to update his KYC for PayTM. He got him to download an app, asked for a one-time password and took control of his bank account. Within 15 minutes, the accused transferred Rs 1.7 lakh in five transactions.
A team led by inspector Raja Bidkar, officers Pradip Patil and Rakesh Shinde probed the case after the shop owner lodged a complaint. “The accused did not transfer money to any account but bought gift vouchers from a Kurla mall, giving the impression that the victim bought them,” said an officer.
The vouchers were sent on WhatsApp to gang members waiting in the Mumbai mall. The gang bought five mobile phones using the vouchers and left. When police learnt the vouchers were used for buying phones, they alerted the mall authorities. Police got information in January 2020 from the mall that some people wanted to use the ‘blocked vouchers’. A team reached there and nabbed Pukhraj Sutar, Narsi Sutar and Sampat Sutar, all residents of Rajasthan.
“The vouchers were passed on to the gang by Mondal, who had cheated the complainant and bought vouchers. During a search at various locations mentioned by Pukhraj, we seized 74 new phones,” added an officer. Police tried tracing Mondal but due to lockdown work got delayed. Later, they learnt that he was arrested by Jamtara police in another cyber-cheating case. Jamtara police had seized an SUV and a Royal Enfield bike from Mondal. Besides this, Rs 2.5 lakh in Mondal’s account has been frozen.
There are eight cases against the accused in Mumbai. He was arrested in a similar cheating case, registered by D B Marg police and is also wanted by UP police.
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