Police have arrested a man involved in ATM fraud in the Kayakuchi area of Adabari, identifying him as Lutfur Rahman, alias Rocky Islam. This arrest follows earlier incidents in April when a gang of fraudsters was apprehended for targeting victims through a vehicle scam.
The fraudulent group operated from the Hatigaon area of Guwahati, luring unsuspecting individuals into handing over their vehicles under the pretense of loan or lease agreements, promising to rent them to legitimate organizations. However, the scammers betrayed their victims, selling the vehicles in neighboring regions such as Dimapur and Arunachal Pradesh.
Among those apprehended were Priyanka from Charaideo, Amit Gupta from Sadiya, and two residents of Guwahati, Jiyabur Rahman and Manish Chetri. Authorities have reported that several suspects linked to this case are still at large, prompting a search operation to locate the absconding individuals.
In a related development earlier this month, a gang of cyber criminals was also dismantled in Guwahati, leading to the arrest of four suspects accused of siphoning money from bank accounts. Their method involved enticing account holders with promises of hefty profits, only to loot them by fraudulently obtaining their banking details.
The arrested individuals included 18-year-old Dipak Singh from Hugli, 45-year-old Rupam Goswami from Paschim Mednipur, and 44-year-old Firoz Khan from Bardhaman district in West Bengal, along with 21-year-old Shlok Kumar from Khagaria, Bihar. Police received credible information about their operations, which had been conducted from a rented house in Guwahati’s Bhetapara locality.