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.
