15 arrested for Rs 5.27 crore cyber fraud in Odisha’s Jharsuguda
JHARSUGUDA: Jharsuguda police on Wednesday busted a racket operating through mule bank accounts and arrested 15 people for their alleged involvement in facilitating suspicious cyber transactions exceeding Rs 5.27 crore.
Six of the accused were arrested by Jharsuguda Town police with passbooks, ATM cards and mobile phones linked to transactions of around Rs 2 crore. Airport police also arrested an accused in connection with transactions exceeding Rs 3 crore. The rest of the accused were arrested by Jharsuguda Sadar, Badmal and Lakhanpur police. Notices were also issued to eight persons under section 35 (3) of BNSS.
