5 held in Gujarat in Rs 1,310 cr cyber fraud case

Police in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath have busted a cyber fraud racket involving suspicious transactions of more than Rs 310 crore through mule bank accounts and arrested five persons, with the investigators terming it as the biggest cyber crime case detected in the district so far.

Superintendent of Police Jaideepsinh Jadeja said the case was registered by the Cyber Crime Police Station as part of the state-wide “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0”, launched recently to identify mule account holders, crack down on cyber fraud networks and facilitate recovery of money lost by victims.