Break through in the investigation of inter-state Cyber crime racket

In connection with CID PS Case No.02/2015 U/S 420 IPC R/W Sec 66A/ 66D IT Act related to a case of cheating of around Rs 11,80,000 from the complainant from Guwahati by scamsters operating from Nalanda District, Bihar and Bokaro District of Jharkhand. The accused by informing that the complainant had won a prize of Tata Safari for a TV Quiz lured the victim to make bank deposits.   Investigation by the CID yielded result when one member of the racket who received the defrauded amount through mule accounts and ATM Cards was arrested on 18th July. A team of CID officers led by Inspector Achytuananda Das camped in Nalanda District and after a sustained investigation made the arrest. The arrested accused namely Sunil Kumar Prabhat, of Bokaro District of Jharkhand confessed the involvement in the crime and is being examined further by the Police to investigate the entire ramification of the crime. The arested accused had been taken into Police custody for a thorough interrogation after production before the CJM, Kamrup (M), Guwahati, Assam.