PRESS RELEASE

DELHI POLICE

AN INTERSTATE GANG OF CYBER CHEATS BUSTED BY THE TEAM OF CYBER POLICE STATION, NORTH DISTRICT FOR DUPING THE VICTIM FOR RS. 11 LACS ON THE PRETEXT OF OFFERING HANDSOME RETURNS ON COMPLETING SOME ONLINE TASKS

•    THE VICTIM WAS DUPED OF RS. 11 LACS BY PROMISING HANDSOME RETURNS ON COMPLETING SOME TASKS THROUGH TELEGRAM.
•    TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION ALONG-WITH DETAILED CDR ANALYSIS LED TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE CULPRITS.
•    RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE AREA OF MEERUT AND MUZAFFAR NAGAR U.P. LEADING TO THE ARREST OF FIVE ACCUSED PERSONS.
•    INVESTIGATION REVEALED A WIDER NETWORK OF ONLINE PAID TASK, WITH THE DISCOVERY OF MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS INVOLVING BANK ACCOUNT LINKED TO THE FRAUD.

BRIEF FACTS:
A complaint was received at Police Station Cyber North, Delhi from Ms. J. Sharma r/o Shastri Nagar, Delhi, through NCRP portal regarding cheating of Rs. 11 lacs. During enquiry, the victim provided her written complaint in which she mentioned that she came across a link on Telegram promoting paid tasks. Thereafter, the fraudster sent task to the complainant on the Telegram and on the instruction of the fraudster, she transferred ₹11 lacs across multiple transactions. Subsequently, a case was registered at PS Cyber North under appropriate sections of law and the investigation was taken up.

TEAM & INVESTIGATION:
Accordingly, a dedicated team of police station Cyber North led by Inspr. Manish Kumar, comprising HC Rajender and Ct Kuldeep was formed under the close supervision of Inspr. Rohit Gahlot, SHO/Cyber Police Station North and guidance of Shri Hemant Kumar Mishra, ACP/Operations Cell to bust the racket.

During investigation, a detailed technical analysis of the call detail records of almost 100 mobile numbers and IMEIs along-with a thorough search of the money trail among several bank accounts was continuously carried out. Access details from e-commerce and UPI platforms such as PhonePe, Paytm, Rapido, Porter, Swiggy, Zomato, Bluedart, etc. were obtained and several raids were conducted but the accused persons were frequently changing locations.

The police team then mounted continuous surveillance of suspect mobile numbers which zeroed in on the location of the alleged persons in the area of Meerut and Muzaffar Nagar, U.P. Following which, on 25.06.2025, a raid was conducted in the area of Meerut U.P from where, accused Kartik Saini was apprehended. Upon detailed questioning, he provided information about his co-accused Varun Kumar who was also apprehended on the same day from the area of Meerut at the instance of Kartik Saini. The police team was making continuous efforts through technical investigation to nab the remaining accused persons. Thereafter, on 07.07.2025, a raid was conducted at Muzaffar Nagar, U.P. from where accused Sharim Khan was arrested and at his instance, two of his co-accused persons Humaid Khan and Suhail Saifi were also apprehended from the area of Muzaffar Nagar on 09.07.25.

INTERROGATION:
During the course of interrogation, accused, Kartik Saini disclosed that he opened accounts and provided all the net banking ID’s, Password, Corporate ID’s and account linked SIM to Varun Kumar and get Rs. 8,000/-. During further interrogation with accused Varun Kumar, he disclosed that, he had provided the details to aforementioned account to one Yash for a commission of 5% on each transaction. Thereafter, Yash used to get transferred cheated amount in the given bank account and Varun Kumar collected cash from Kartik Saini and sent the money to Yash. In the above case, total Rs. 2.75 lacs of the victim were credited in the account which were sent to Yash after withdrawal by Kartik Saini. Accused Varun further disclosed that he had also provided his own bank account and one other Bank Account to Yash. These accused persons are part of first chain of this racket.
    
In second chain of this racket, accused Sharim Khan, Humaid Khan and Suhail Saifi were involved. During further interrogation, accused Sharim Khan and Suhail Saifi disclosed that they opened accounts and provided all the details of the bank account to Humaid Khan and get Rs. 5,000/- for every account. In the above case, Rs. 2.80 lacs of the victim were credited in the account and on the instruction of Humaid Khan, he had transferred Rs. 1 lac in the account of Suhail Saifi.

During interrogation of accused Humaid Khan, he disclosed that one of his friends namely Sameer Malik who is pursuing MBBS from Russia asked him to provide bank accounts for transferring the cheated money for which he promised to give 10% on each transaction to Humaid Khan. Sameer Malik is still present in Russia.

Total five mobile phones, 05 SIM cards, 03 cheque books and 02 ATM cards were recovered from the accused persons. As per the data analysis of these mobile phones, it was found that accused Humaid Khan and Varun Kumar are key conspirators supplying bank accounts to fraudsters.

Further investigation of the case is in progress.

DETAILS OF ACCUSED PERSONS:
1.    Kartik Saini, r/o New Mohan Puri Colony, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, age 20 years. He is pursuing B. Com from Meerut, UP.
2.    Varun Kumar, r/o Phool Bagh Colony Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, age 21 years. He is pursuing BBA from Meerut, UP.
3.    Sharim Khan, r/o Khatauli, Muzaffar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, age 20 years. He is running a Medical Store in Khatauli, Muzaffar Nagar, UP.
4.    Humaid Khan, r/o Khatauli, Muzaffar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, age 20 years. He is pursuing BBA from Muzaffar Nagar, UP.
5.    Suhail Saifi, r/o Khatauli, Muzaffar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, age 20 years. He is pursuing BBA from Muzaffar Nagar, UP.

RECOVERY: 
1.    5 Mobile phones.
2.    5 SIM Cards.
3.    3 Cheque Books.
4.    2 ATM Cards.

(RAJA BANTHIA) IPS 
Dy. Commissioner of Police 
North District, Delhi