Spiritual organisation functionary loses Rs 2.5 cr in 'digital arrest' fraud; six held
Ujjain/Gwalior (MP), Apr 20 (PTI): Two employees of a private bank and four others were nabbed from Ujjain district after a functionary of a spiritual body was allegedly "digitally arrested" by cyber crooks for "money laundering" and forced to transfer Rs 2.5 crore over 26 days, police said.
Swami Supradiptananda, secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Gwalior, on April 16 lodged a complaint stating that he was made to transfer the money in tranches after he was "digitally arrested", an official said.
During the investigation, Gwalior crime branch officials arrested six persons after raiding places in Nagda and Ujjain, a police officer said.
Nagda police station in-charge AL Gawri said, apart from committing online frauds, the accused were also allegedly involved in renting out bank accounts, distributing fake SIM cards, and using gaming apps to cheat people.
Gwalior's Superintendent of Police Dharmveer Singh said crime branch teams raided places in Ujjain and Nagda following a tip-off.
The arrested persons are identified as Rahul Kahar, Tushar Gome, Karan Vinagya, Shubham Rathod, Vishwajeet Barman, and Kajal Jaiswal.
The probe revealed that a huge amount had been fraudulently transferred to an account of a private bank in Nagda and immediately withdrawn through a cheque, he said.
The role of the assistant manager and a female cashier of the bank surfaced during the probe, he said.
He said several accounts in the private bank are also under scanner.
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Congress misleading public on National Herald case, matter still in court: BJP
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Wednesday accused the Congress of running misleading propaganda over the trial court's decision in the National Herald case and said the court refused to take cognisance of the complaint but did not set aside the case.
The case is still pending trial in the Delhi High Court, and the trial court in its order on Tuesday said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) can continue its investigation, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia asserted.
"The court yesterday (Tuesday) said that since it is a private complaint and no FIR has been lodged, it will not take cognizance of it. It's a technical matter. The court also said that ED can continue its investigation further. The court did not set it aside," Bhatia told a press conference at the BJP headquarters here
"Its trial is still going on. Sonia Gandhi is still Accused Number-1 and Rahul Gandhi Accused Number-2," the BJP spokesperson said, alleging, "The Gandhi family thrives on deceit, deception, and propaganda."
