Five men have been arrested for allegedly providing bank accounts to a Chinese cyber-fraud syndicate that cheated a victim of Rs 13.80 crore in the name of investment, officials said on Tuesday.
5 Arrested In Rs 13.80 Crore China-Linked Cyber Fraud In Gurugram: Cops
Accordign to police, acting on technical evidence and analysis of the banking trail, the police team arrested the five accused — Neeraj, Suraj Saroj, Surjeet Kumar alias Manas, Prashant Sharma and Tej Pratap Singh Shekhawat. With the latest arrests, 40 accused have been arrested so far in the case, police said, adding that six mobile phones were recovered from the accussed. The case dates back to November 4, 2024, when the complainant approached the Cyber Crime East police station, alleging that he had been cheated of around Rs 13.80 crore on the pretext of investment. A case was subsequently registered and the investigation was taken up by the Special Cyber Crime Unit, Sector 56. Neeraj was arrested from Delhi on August 21, while Suraj Saroj was arrested from Dehradun and Surjeet Kumar alias Manas from Shimla. Prashant Sharma and Tej Pratap Singh Shekhawat were arrested from the Dehradun-Shimla area on August 22, they said. The banking trail revealed during interrogation showed that around Rs 5 lakh of the defrauded amount had been transferred to the current bank account of Gupta Industries, police said. Accused Nikhil Gupta disclosed that he had sold the bank account to Manjeet Dadyan for Rs 50,000, according to police. Dadyan then sold it to Neeraj for Rs 60,000.
