Hyderabad:Two teams from the SOT of the Cyberabad police busted two gangs involved in online cricket betting and arrested four people in this connection. While one person associated with a gang was arrested by the Balanagar SOT and three members from another gang were apprehended by the Medchal SOT. A total of Rs 3,60,531 was recovered from both the gang members. The bank accounts belonging to both the gang members were frozen by the police.In the first incident, the Balanagar SOT arrested a sub-bookie Navuluri Mallikarjun, residing in an apartment at Nizampet, Ongole, was operating online cricket booking through Radhe Exchange application under the supervision of another bookie named Vikram from Ongole. It is known that there are up to 20 people involved in the racket. Around `7,000 net cash and three mobile phones were seized from him, and `77,735 in the culprit’s bank account was frozen by the police. In the second incident, the Medchal SOT arrested one Kachwa Navratan from Naya Darwaza in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, who runs a footwear shop in Alwal, Mukesh Sankla from Hawai Patti, Nagaur, Nikhil Sankla from Begambazar, and Ajit Singh, who runs a sweet shop in Sitaphalmandi. A total of Rs 2,45,796 in their bank accounts related to betting was identified and frozen. As both the raids were carried out within the Alwal police station limits, the accused were handed over to the Alwal police. The probe is underway. Retiree duped of Rs 19.6L in digital arrest scam Hyderabad:A 72-year-old retired government employee from Hyderabad was duped of `19.6 lakh in a digital arrest scam.Cyber crooks threatened him with involvement in a money laundering case linked to a fraud and extorted the money. Under fear and anxiety, the victim followed the instructions and deposited the money.The accused Ranjit Kumar, 42, a software engineer involved in digital arrests frauds in other states and two in Telangana, revealed that he used to supply and operate accounts, according to D. Kavitha, DCP cyber crime.“We received a complaint from a retired government employee who stated he was contacted by an individual claiming to be from the Mumbai Airport,” Kavitha said.“The caller alleged that a parcel from Mumbai to Iran received in FedEx international service on his name and phone number contains narcotic drugs and was informed to contact the narcotic department to take clearance certificate otherwise he will be forced to inform police for taking necessary action,” the DCP said.”Later the fraudster connected the victim to his associate who posed as Mumbai Crime Branch officer and asked the victim to to speak to the government officials giving his Aadhaar card details,” she said.During questioning, Ranjit revealed that he contacts the victims through social media platforms. He along with his associates, who are yet to be arrested, pose as representatives of government agencies. Ranjit further confessed that he used to threaten victims, claiming they are involved in serious offenses such as human trafficking, money laundering, narcotics, etc., by posting fake and forged documents.Cyber cops seized the accused mobile phone, cheque book and other material used in committing the offence.
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