Kolkata: On Friday, the bank fraud section of the detective department arrested Rohit Kumar, the mastermind of an organized pan-India racket that had duped crores from Kolkatan through the Telegram app. Five gang members are also in police net, Cops travelled to Chhattisgarh, MP, Jharkhand and Karnataka in the past few weeks to carry out the arrests.
The case was initiated on Sept 7 under IPC and IT Act on the complaint of Shyambazar’s Shaibal Kundu who was duped of Rs 1.2 crore.“He had transferred Rs 18 lakh on Sept 2 to a private bank account in the name of Renuka Mobile and Fancy Stores in Chhattisgarh. The IP address was analyzed. The devices used and the user were identified,” said DC (cyber) Atul Vishwanathan.
“We spotted the user, a bar dancer and a resident of Nepal who now lives in Tagore Park. From her, we got to know that Kumar, who’s from Karnataka, is the mastermind. Later, he was arrested from Rajarhat,” said police.
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