Kolkata, February 19 – A man has been arrested in Haryana on charges of online fraud, Kolkata Police said on Thursday.
According to police sources, the fraud was carried out using an APK file called 'M Paribahan'. The accused was identified based on the server and multiple IP addresses associated with this file.
According to police sources, the name of the arrested person is Deepak Kumar. He is originally from Jhajjar in Haryana.
A complaint was filed with the Cyber Crime Police Station of Kolkata Police on September 12 last year.
Deepak was arrested on Wednesday after investigating a fraud of over Rs 5 lakh.
Last year, the accused sent a message to a person, informing him that an e-challan had been issued in the name of his vehicle.
A link was sent to him to find out more about it. When he clicked on that link, Rs 60,000 was withdrawn from the complainant's account.
After that, the police searched based on the IP address of that app. Deepak, who is 29 years old, was identified through this source. Subsequently, a notice was sent to him. His mobile phone and SIM card were confiscated.
Deepak was unable to provide a proper response to the first and fourth notices. He requested more time to respond to the second and third notices. After that, he reportedly gave contradictory answers when questioned by the police. As a result, the police arrested Deepak.
A large number of cyber fraud complaints are being registered every day in Kolkata.
In an effort to address such complaints, Kolkata Police recently launched seven new sections to investigate the increasing number of cyber fraud cases in the city.
The Kolkata Police have already launched a new helpline number to address complaints regarding cyber fraud and are increasing their surveillance in and around the city to identify the locations where such crimes were committed using various methods.