Five held in multi-crore cyber fraud cases across India
Mumbai: The Vakola police arrested five individuals from Rajasthan and Thane on Saturday for their alleged involvement in multiple cyber fraud cases across the country.
The accused are identified Fujeel Ahmed Ansari, 21, Miraj Akram, 24; Mohammad Ansari, 27, from Bhiwandi in Thane district; Rajkaran Tanwar, 19; and Karan Segar, 19, both residents of Jaipur. They were allegedly responsible for converting the funds into cryptocurrency after transferring.
Investigations began after a complaint by a 26-year-old resident of Santacruz (East) who lost ₹3.4 lakh in a task-based fake job scam. During the investigation under Inspector Amar Patil, the leading police team traced back the bank transaction records to fraudulent activity in accounts based in Rajasthan and apprehended Tanwar and Segar.
Patil said that Mohammed Ansari operated around bank accounts not registered in his name, and his interrogation led to the identification and arrest of the remaining two accused. Patil further added that the group is suspected of defrauding people across the country of approximately ₹30 crore.
During the past four months, three cyber fraud cases were registered in Mumbai West, East, and North cyber police stations involving losses of ₹ 7.27 crore, ₹41 lakh, and ₹14 lakh, respectively.
More such cases involving losses of ₹22 lakh and ₹48 lakh were reported in Pune, Bilaspur, and Chhattisgarh. The accused are remanded to police custody till April 28 after appearance in court.
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IAF to hold 2-day wargame along frontier with Pakistan: NOTAM issued
New Delhi, May 6 (PTI): The Indian Air Force will carry out a two-day mega military exercise along the border with Pakistan from Wednesday that will involve all the frontline fighter jets including Rafale, Su-30 and Jaguar aircraft, sources in the defence establishment said on Tuesday.
The exercise is taking place amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan over the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.
India's civil aviation authorities have already issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for the major air exercise that will largely take place along the southern and western section of the Indo-Pakistan border.
India's frontline fighter jets including the Rafale, Su-30 MKI, MiG-29, Mirage-2000, Tejas and AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft are set to feature in the exercise, the sources said.
In the course of the exercise, the IAF will simulate enemy targets on ground and in the air with deadly precision, they said.
The militaries of both India and Pakistan are on a high alert following rising tensions between the two nations.
Soon after the Pahalgam terror attack, India, citing "cross-border linkages" to the strike, promised severe punishment to those involved in it.
In a high-level meeting with the top defence brass on April 29, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the armed forces have "complete operational freedom" to decide on the mode, targets and timing of India's response to the terror attack.
Air Chief Marshal A P Singh met Prime Minister Modi on Sunday and the Chief of Air Staff briefed him about the IAF's operational readiness.
On Saturday, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi apprised the prime minister on the overall situation in the critical sea lanes in the Arabian Sea.
