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Rourkela Police Bust Inter-State Cyber Fraud Racket, Arrest 9

Nine arrested for fake trading apps and hawala transactions; Rs1.41 crore frozen

by Ananya Mehta

In a significant crackdown, Rourkela police in Odisha’s Sundergarh district arrested nine individuals involved in an inter-state cyber fraud racket that operated fake trading apps and hawala transactions. The suspects were arrested after a series of raids conducted by the Cyber Crime & Economic Offenses (CC&EO) Police Station.

Arrested Individuals:
Kishan Agrawal

Kunal Agarwal

Arjun Singh

Girdhari Singh

Ajay Kumar

Sandeep Kumar Soni

Soumendra Singh Rajput

Abhijit Bharadwaj

Dinesh Kumar Sahu

Acting on a tip-off, police raided an apartment in Civil Township, where two suspects were initially detained. Following their interrogation, another raid was carried out at Basanti Colony, leading to the arrest of five additional suspects. Further investigation uncovered more operatives, and two more individuals were arrested in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, bringing the total number of arrests to nine.

Seized Items:
Five laptops

31 mobile phones

68 SIM cards from various networks

20 ID proofs

ATM cards and a cheque book

One car and one scooter

Police have also frozen Rs. 1.41 crore across 23 bank accounts. Investigations are ongoing, and 176 other accounts are currently under verification.

The police suspect the racket was involved in large-scale fraudulent activities using fake trading apps, which deceived users into participating in fake investments. The investigation is still in progress, with further action expected as authorities verify additional financial records and accounts.

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