Jaipur, Rajasthan – The Bagru police station team arrested Bhanu Pratap Singh (33), a poultry farm owner, for renting his bank account to cyber criminals involved in illegal transactions totaling nearly Rs 50 lakh.
DCP (West) Hanuman Prasad Meena stated that the Ministry of Home Affairs had flagged suspect transactions through their portal linked to a Jaipur-based account. Multiple cases had been registered against the account due to its suspicious activity.
With assistance from the bank, police traced the account holder’s address and arrested Singh after interrogation. Investigations revealed that the account was used to transfer money obtained from cyber frauds where victims were lured with false promises of lucrative returns in the share market.
Police confirmed that the fraudulent money had been transferred from locations including Palakkad (Kerala) and Ahmedabad (Gujarat), with Rs 50 lakh moved through the account in just the past week. Singh was also found involved in selling SIM cards with fake documents, leading to another case registered against him.
The accused admitted to renting his bank account for a commission of 2-3% on each transaction. Authorities are actively working to apprehend the individual who used Singh’s account to carry out the cyber frauds.
