Kolkata: The bank’s fraud section of the detective department arrested two Gang Jamtara members in Jharkhand two weeks after several Professors Rabindra Bharati had been deceived by Rs 8.5 Lakh.
The police have recovered Rs 2.4 lakh so far and returned to one of the professors who had lost around RS 3.5 lakh for fraud.
The defendant, Pradip Bauri (47) and Milan and (23), were being taken to Kolkata on transit delivery from Jharkhand.
“During the investigation, it was revealed that the money was transferred from a professor account with the help of a particular payment gateway.
Furthermore, the money is transferred to a different bank account through other special payment applications (which facilitate small traders to receive payments through UPI for free),” said An officer.
“Raids were carried out in Jamtara and the adjacent area where the defendant was arrested.
The investigation revealed that a large amount of defauded money was transferred to the Baaiuri public sector bank account that attracted and handed it to and.
That and who has purchased the bank details from the reporters by telephone and transferring money.
The two defendants will be produced in a local court with prayer for police detainees, “said DC (Cyber) Bidisha Kalita.
This case was previously recorded at the police station Sarani Shakespeare on January 13 by Paula Sengupta, a professor of Rabindra Bharati University.
Behala Division Cyber Cell has also helped two other victims – one private school teacher and other medical representatives – regain money, which has been sucked through fraudulent transactions.
Teacher, Anirban Ganguly, has lost Rs 94,210.
“The victim had paid his credit card bill through credit but the payment was unsuccessful.
He lost money when he tried to contact with customer service.
We restored the full amount,” said DC (Behala) Swati Bhangalia.
In other cases, medical representatives, Halder Sudip from Haridevpur, have lost Rs 56,000 when he was asked to share OTPS with callers to release annual charges on credit cards.
“Bebala police recover the money,” Bhangalia said.