MP: 6 arrested in Rs 2.5 crore cyber fraud case involving Ramakrishna Mission Ashram secretary in Gwalior

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 21 (ANI): Six people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with a cyber fraud case involving Rs 2.5 crore, targeting the secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, a police official said on Monday.
According to the police, Ashram secretary Swami Supradiptanand received the first call from the cybercriminals on WhatsApp on March 17. The conversations continued for around 20 days, during which the accused made multiple transactions to different accounts. Based on the victim's complaint, the police registered a case, formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), and began an investigation.
"A cyber fraud was held with the secretary of the Ramakrishna Ashram in March and April by constantly intimidating him about enforcement agencies. An FIR was registered at the Crime Branch in connection with the same and an SIT was formed to probe the matter. After the preliminary probe, the SIT arrested six people, which include an assistant bank manager and a woman, who works as cashier in the same bank. These bank employees helped in opening fake accounts as well as received illegal benefits from all the transactions that took place. So far in the primary investigation, it has come to light that about 50 to 60 accounts have been opened in which money has been transferred through cheques in a fraudulent manner. They have been arrested in connection with one account related to our case," said Dharmvir Singh, Superintendent of Police (SP), Gwalior.
The officer further added that the fraud appears to be part of a larger nexus, and a detailed investigation is underway. A substantial amount of money was reportedly transferred to around ten accounts spread across eight different states. Police have obtained the details of those accounts, and investigation teams will be sent to those states for further inquiry.
"The accused were arrested from Nagda near Ujjain and they were being interrogated. The arrest is made in connection with a transaction of Rs 10 lakh in an account. But during the interrogation, the accused told the police about 50 such accounts which were opened for cyber fraud," he said.
Further investigation is ongoing, and relevant enforcement agencies will be informed based on the evidence that emerges during the probe, the officer added. (ANI)