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There has, of late, been an alarming surge of cyber crimes targeting the common people, important personalities, political leaders , ministers et al. The crimes, mostly committed by cyber conmen are financial frauds to siphon off money from the bank accounts of the unsuspecting civilains. The sudden spurt has put the Tripura Crime Branch wing that deals with such cyber menaces into a tizzy. However, recently the Crime Branch made an important breakthrough when the officials tracked down a highly active gang of the cyber frauds in Chittorgarh of Rajasthan from where they played truant and cheated Tripura people.
Following the lead the Tripura Crime Branch arrested five members of a cyber-fraud racket at Chittorgarh in Rajasthan on Thursday.
Police sources said, the five arrested fraudsters are- Navneet Singh, Mahivardhan Singh Ranawat, Raju Jat, Bheru Singh and Nitesh Menaria, all residents of Chittorgarh in Rajasthan. They were produced before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chittorgarh with a prayer of transit remand but they all were granted bail.
The Crime Branch registered the success into the recent financial fraud attempts made by the racket through fake Whatsapp profiles of several ministers and high-profile persons. The arrests referred to West Agartala PS Case No- 2022WAG054 under Sections 120(B)/ 419/ 501 of IPC and 66D of IT Act.
According to police sources, a few more arrests into the fraud case are also on the card.
