A youth named Manirul Islam has been arrested on charges of being involved in cyber fraud in West Bengal’s Murshidabad. A large amount of cash and several bank ATM cards were recovered from the accused by Hariharpara police station in Murshidabad, which conducted a raid and arrested him. A case has been registered at the Murshidabad Cyber Police Station.

Complaints of cyber fraud have been received from different places in Murshidabad district lately. Residents have allegedly lost a lot of money to fraudsters. Upon receiving information from secret sources, the Hariharpara police conducted a raid on Tuesday night.

Investigators raided the house of Abdul Majit Mandal, a resident of Dharampur, Hariharpara. His 29-year-old son Monirul Islam was also arrested. A total of 27 ATM cards were recovered during a raid in his house. The mobile phone SIM cards were also seized by police which were acquired using names and IDs of different people. A total of Rs 90,000 in cash was recovered from the house.

Additional Superintendent of Police of Murshidabad district, Rashpreet Singh, said that the arrested person is involved in a cyber-fraud gang. The accused used to withdraw money from ATMs using multiple ATM cards linked to different accounts. Several other people are involved in the incident. The initial assumption of the police is that a big gang is operating in the area. The investigators are trying to get more information by questioning the arrested person. The arrested person was produced before the Berhampur court on Wednesday (October 1).

Engineering student arrested in Kolkata for cyber fraud

Cyber fraud is a significant and growing problem in Kolkata, with scams targeting individuals through fake job offers, fraudulent investments, and deceptive call centres. In September first week, an engineering student was arrested for Cyber fraud by issuing fake traffic challan and duping people in Kolkata. The 19-year-old engineering student Shovan Santra was nabbed by the Bidhannagar Police. There was a complaint of issuing fake traffic challan, following which police started investigating the incident.

The complaint was filed with the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station in August. The complainant alleged that he received a challan from a traffic police station after which Rs 40,000 was deducted from his bank account as a fine. The person grew suspicious that he has probably been cheated. After that, he approached the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station. Soon after starting with the investigation, Bidhannagar Police arrested a young man from Baranagar in North Kolkata.

Investigators said that several cases of online fraud by issuing fake traffic challans have come to light in recent past. Investigators also suspect that a gang is involved in this fraud.

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