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revealed that a huge amount had been fraudulently transferred to an account of a private bank in Nagda and immediately withdrawn through a cheque, he said.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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Security tightened at Odisha's Paradip port after arrival of ship with 21 Pakistani crew members
Paradip (PTI): The Odisha Police on Wednesday beefed up security at port town Paradip after the arrival of a ship with 21 Pakistani crew members on board, officials said.
The ‘MT Siren II’ with a total of 25 crew members reached Paradip port early on Wednesday from South Korea via Singapore, carrying crude oil for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, they said.
Security arrangements have been tightened by Odisha Marine Police and the CISF after receiving information about the crew members from the Immigration Department, said Marine Police Station inspector in-charge Babita Dehuri.
The Paradip port had been put on high alert in the wake of the military conflict between India and Pakistan.
The ship is anchored at ‘PM berth’, located around 20 km from the shore, and has 11,350 metric tonnes of crude on board, the officials said.
“Orders have also been issued that no crew will be allowed to leave the ship during evacuation of the crude oil,” the police officer said.
