Guwahati, Assam – In a significant cybercrime bust, the Assam Police Crime Branch arrested two men, Dipankar Das from Nagarbera and Ranjit Kashyap alias Ranjit Tayung, linked to a large-scale fake loan fraud racket.
The duo operated a well-organised cyber fraud syndicate promising easy loans to victims. Using forged identities, they opened multiple current accounts to launder crores of rupees obtained through scams.
In one high-profile case, they defrauded a single victim of Rs78 lakh. Police seized a massive collection of incriminating evidence from their hideout in Garchuk, Guwahati, during the early hours of Sunday.
34 ATM cards
25 bank passbooks
27 cheque books
23 identity cards
8 SIM cards
3 scanners
2 laptops
2 notebooks
2 purses
3 seal pads
Officials revealed these forged documents belonged to at least 79 individuals and were used to open fake bank accounts. The duo sold these accounts to cybercrime syndicates across India to facilitate large-scale fraud.
A senior officer noted the suspects were wanted in multiple cases in Telangana, indicating their operations spanned several states.
