The school authorities need to log into the portal using the user ID of the school to create the database. Police said, as per preliminary investigation, the scammers managed to hack the user ID and password of targeted schools and replaced the students’ bank accounts with theirs’.South Bengal Additional Director General Supratim Sarkar said the investigation has revealed the involvement of cybercriminal gangs operating across multiple states, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Jharkhand.A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe the case. Kolkata Police and the CID department are conducting raids across the state to nab the hackers and the mastermind behind the fraud.A probe into the complaints lodged in Kolkata found that, in most cases, the money went into the bank accounts of residents of Chopra, Islampur and nearby areas.
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