India News | 11 Cyber Thugs Held, over Rs 14-crore Fraud Busted: Gurugram Police

Gurugram, May 6 (PTI) Gurugram police on Monday said they arrested 11 cyber fraudsters who allegedly duped people across India of about Rs 14.60 crore.

According to police, 4,279 complaints and 198 cases were found to be registered against these fraudsters.

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DCP Siddhant Jain said Rs 4.20 lakh, four mobile phones and two SIM cards were recovered from the accused.

After examining these SIM cards and reviewing the data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C), it was found that fraud of about Rs 14.60 crore has been committed by these fraudsters across the country, he added.

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Out of the total cases registered against them, 16 are lodged in Haryana, including 5 in Gurugram, police said.

Those arrested have been identified as Deepak Kumar, Naveen, Dhanvant, Bharat Keshwani, Paras Rajbhar, Manish Kushwah, Deepak Kushwah, Nadeem, Rakesh, Navin and Amita Singh, they added.

"During the police interrogation it was revealed that these accused used to commit fraud in the name of purchasing goods online on OLX and by defrauding money through social media platform Instagram,” DCP Jain said.

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