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Hindustan Times
9 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Punjab Police arrests two members of inter-state cyber fraud gang
Chandigarh, The cyber crime division of the Punjab Police has busted an inter-state gang involved in investment fraud and arrested two persons, a senior official said on Tuesday. He said Varun Kumar was arrested from Panchkula in Haryana and Sahil Sethi from Abohar in Punjab. According to Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav, the gang used to lure people through Telegram and WhatsApp groups by offering high profits in 'stock market investments'. The fraudsters used to convince the victims to install a fake K application, which projected huge returns on their invested amount. With the application showing fake profits, the victims continued to 'invest' money by transferring them to different bank accounts as directed by the fraudsters. DGP Yadav said the gang's kingpins used to give commission to the arrested accused based on the amounts being transferred into the bank accounts. "Preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested accused were involved in 34 other cyber fraud complaints filed across 14 states, with the total scam amount exceeding ₹8 crore," Yadav said, adding that a probe is on to uncover the virtual mobile numbers and the broader network behind these fraudulent activities. Sharing the details, Additional Director General of Police , Cyber Crime, V Neeraja said that a thorough investigation was carried out under the supervision of Inspector Jujhar Singh after a victim, who was duped of ₹15 lakh, filed a complaint. The team, using multiple OSINT techniques and technical assistance from the Samanvay portal of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, managed to establish the identity of the accused persons and eventually arrested them, the ADGP added. She said further investigation regarding the virtual mobile numbers and the fake bank accounts, traced to Delhi and NCR region, is in progress.
The Hindu
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Invoke Goondas Act against sand smugglers, sand miners: activists
A group of environmental activists on Thursday urged the State government to arrest all those arrested recently for illegal sand mining from the Cauvery be detained under the Goondas Act. In a memorandum addressed to Karur District Collector M. Thangavel, the activists said that a special team formed by Tiruchi (Range) Deputy Inspector-General of Police Varun Kumar had arrested 10 persons and seized 26 tipper lorries, three cars, one laptop, and four seals with the State government emblem, a trip sheet, a large number of holograms and ₹2.26 lakh cash at Manmangalam for illegal mining and transporting the sand with forged documents, thereby suggesting that the illegal sand miners had run a parallel government. It had brought to light that they had indulged in large-scale sand mining, worth several crores, for so long by making fake government emblems, documents and seals, they said. R.S. Mugilan, coordinator, Tamil Nadu Environmental Protection Movement, who along with other activists presented a petition to the district authorities, said that within a few days after the arrest and seizure of vehicles, the accused again started to indulge in sand mining from the Cauvery, thereby suggesting that no policemen, including the DIG, could not stop their illegal activities. It should be stopped and the offenders should be detained under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act (Goondas Act), he added.
Time of India
03-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Lorry owners complain against cops
Trichy: Tamil Nadu Sand Lorry Owners Association has alleged that their members were falsely booked for exposing excessive loading by a quarry operator and a lorry owner. In a petition submitted to Trichy DIG Varun Kumar on Tuesday, they demanded action against police officials who booked them instead of the culprits. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Sources said a group of lorry owners complained to police that one of the owners was transporting mined materials in two trucks above the permissible limit without documents like GST receipt and transit pass from Karur to Trichy on May 27. The trucks were taken to Lalapet police station and investigated. The concerned lorry owner reportedly submitted some documents, which the association alleged were 'forged.' When the association members protested, at least 13 of them were detained and booked. The police allegedly refused to book a case against the owner, whom the association members accused of violating norms. The association demanded that Trichy DIG conduct an inquiry and act on the inspector of Lalapet station and the DSP of Kulithalai subdivision. They demanded withdrawal of the case against the association members.
