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CBI arrests Mumbai-based cyber fraudster during nationwide raids
Mumbai/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a cyber fraudster in Mumbai and seized incriminating documents during an ongoing nationwide crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crimes under Operation Chakra-V, an official said on Friday. Pratik Tanpure, a resident of Kalyan, was arrested during searches at 10 locations across Delhi, Hisar, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, and Nashik in connection with a cyber enabled organised investment fraud case. He was involved in supplying pre-activated SIM cards and mule bank accounts to cybercriminal networks, thereby, enabling and sustaining their illegal operations, the official said. A mule account is a bank account used by criminals to transfer stolen money. The person who owns the account is called a "money mule". Substantial incriminating material was recovered from Tanpure during the searches, the CBI said in a statement. The case pertains to a well-orchestrated fraud where unsuspecting individuals were cheated through a fraudulent mobile application and WhatsApp groups, the CBI said. The perpetrators deceitfully lured innocent investors by promising shares of reputed listed companies at discounted rates. Once the victims invested their hard-earned money, the accused misappropriated the funds, the federal agency said. During the coordinated searches, the CBI seized incriminating digital and documentary evidence from the premises of the accused, exposing the intricate modus operandi employed to dupe innocent investors, the agency said. Operation Chakra-V of the CBI is focused on dismantling cybercrime syndicates and supporting infrastructure. The federal agency's operation comes close to Home Minister Amit Shah's direction se to use Artificial Intelligence for identifying mule accounts. HM Shah said over 19 lakh such accounts had been caught and transactions worth Rs 2,038 crore prevented in the fight against cybercrime. Earlier, chairing a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs on 'Cyber Security and Cyber Crime', HM Shah said considering the spike in cyber financial frauds, the Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)'s 1930 helpline is being promoted as a one-point solution offering various services, such as blocking cards.
India Today
26-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Pakistan was informed 30-minute after hitting terror camps: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefed the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on India's response during the ceasefire. He revealed that the US warned of a strike, to which India responded they would strike stated, 'If they fire, we fire. If they stop, we stop.' He also mentioned that Pakistan was informed about the targeting of terror establishments 30 minutes after Operation Sindoor's first phase.
India Today
26-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
US warned about big Pak attack, we said we'll hit harder: Jaishankar to MPs panel
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday briefed members of a Parliamentary Consultative Committee on the government's diplomatic and military posture during the recent escalation with Pakistan. According to sources, Jaishankar told the committee that New Delhi's consistent message to foreign governments concerned about the tensions was simple: "They fire, we fire. They stop, we stop".Amid growing international concern earlier this month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed intelligence inputs suggesting that Pakistan might carry out a major strike in responded firmly. If Pakistan attempts a major offensive, it should be prepared for an equally strong counter-offensive," Jaishankar told the Parliamentary panel, sources said. On the ceasefire announcement, Jaishankar clarified that it was a direct outcome of military-level engagement between the two sides, not foreign mediation."The ceasefire was the result of Pakistani Director General of Military Operations-level talks," he said, adding that the Pakistani DGMO initiated contact with Indian armed forces. Jaishankar's remark contradicted claims made by US President Donald Trump, who had said the de-escalation was brokered by today's briefing, Jaishankar also addressed the geopolitical alignments that surfaced during the standoff. "Only Turkey and Azerbaijan stood openly with Pakistan," he told the committee, adding that "a large number of countries either publicly backed India or, at the very least, supported us on the issue of cross-border terrorism".advertisementOn China's position, sources quoted Jaishankar as saying that while Beijing has traditionally maintained close ties with Islamabad, this time, it did not extend unambiguous support to this month, government sources revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had delivered a strong message to US Vice President JD Vance during a call. "If they attack, we will attack stronger," PM Modi reportedly told had also conveyed that any engagement with Pakistan would be limited to discussions about the return of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), the dismantling of terror infrastructure, and the handover of wanted rose between India and Pakistan after April 22 when a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists. India responded with strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and POK, prompting retaliatory action from Islamabad. Tensions escalated rapidly, spilling into drone incursions and air force ceasefire agreement, announced jointly by India and Pakistan on May 10, marked a rare thaw in ties. However, India maintains that the initiative for talks came from Pakistan, not as a result of any third-party InMust Watch
