Bulandshahr: Six arrested for sending money abroad through hawala and online gaming:

News Topical, Digital Desk : The Sikandrabad police station of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh has arrested 6 members of an inter-state organized gang who used to withdraw money from the bank accounts of innocent people by luring them with money from hawala and online gaming. These vicious people would send hawala and online gaming money to China and other countries and then transfer it to the accounts of innocent people who were held hostage and after luring and threatening them, they would withdraw all the money from their accounts and release them. The police have also recovered 1 car, cheque book and mobile phones of various companies from the arrested criminals.

What is the whole matter?

Let us tell you that on December 2, the family of Pramod, a resident of Mahepa Jagir village in the Secunderabad area, lodged a complaint at the Secunderabad police station alleging that Pramod was held hostage and a demand of Rs 6 lakh for his release was made. After which, the Secunderabad police station investigation revealed that the accused Amit, Karan, Amar, Rajkumar, Shivam, by luring Pramod with lakhs of rupees, had deposited Rs 19 lakh 90 thousand through hawala in Pramod's account on November 25. The criminals took Pramod with them to Sonipat and withdrew Rs 13 lakh 90 thousand from his account. Pramod had called 1930 and got Rs 6 lakh held in his account.

To obtain this money, the criminals held Pramod hostage and demanded 6 lakh rupees from his family. Revealing the incident, Secunderabad police arrested Pramod, along with other criminals Amit, Karan, Amar, Rajkumar, and Shivam. The police are now seriously investigating every aspect.

Used to transfer money from online gaming fraud to accounts

Giving information about the case, Bulandshahr's SP City Shankar Prasad said that the Sikandrabad police team had received information that a man named Pramod had been held hostage and a demand of Rs 6 lakh had been made. In this case, Pramod's son Dhanesh filed a case under relevant sections at the Sikandrabad police station. Police investigation revealed that Pramod's bank account was hacked by a gang that used to deposit money into his bank account through online gaming fraud and withdraw money from his account. During this time, money came into his account, of which Rs 13 lakh 90 thousand was withdrawn from various bank branches by calling Pramod to Sonipat.

Pramod also placed a bank hold of ₹6 lakh by calling 1930. In the process, the accused held Pramod hostage, beat him, and demanded ₹6 lakh from his family. A video of the incident was made and sent to his son, demanding a ransom of ₹6 lakh.

In this connection, a gang of six people has come to light. The arrested individuals include Amit, Karan, and Amar Sharma, residents of Sonipat, Haryana, along with Rajkumar from Khurja in Bulandshahr, Shivam from Khurja Dehat, and Pramod from Sikandrabad police station. When these individuals were taken into custody and interrogated, they confessed to their involvement in the incident. The entire matter is being thoroughly investigated. One Gilenza car, a checkbook, and nine mobile phones have been recovered from the arrested criminals.