The Delhi Police’s Cyber Crime branch has arrested six people involved in multiple frauds from Rajasthan and Delhi in a two-day operation, police said Monday.
Police said the arrested men — Bipul Kumar, Sharwan Pareek, Avadhesh Udaiwal, Mukesh Kumar, Devender Singh, and Bhupender Mahamana — allegedly used three different modus operandi such as online investment scams, child modelling fraud, and fake electricity bill updates to defraud victims.
According to DCP (Dwarka) Ankit Singh, the accused have been linked to over 110 complaints registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP). During the investigation, he said, financial transactions worth approximately Rs 5 crore were found linked to the accused’s bank accounts.
The Cyber Crime branch initiated an investigation after receiving multiple complaints. The team arrested the six in spontaneous raids led by Inspector Birender Singh, under the supervision of ACP (Operations) Ram Avtar, and comprising SI Sahil Gahlawat and others.
Police said Devender and Bhupender, residents of Nangloi, used to lure unsuspecting parents by promising modelling opportunities for their children, ultimately defrauding them. They were arrested on October 9.
On the same day, the team arrested Bipul, Sharwan and Avadhesh from different locations in Jaipur for allegedly luring complainants into investing in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme through a website, police said.
On October 10, police nabbed Mukesh from Jaipur in connection with a fake electricity bill update. Kumar allegedly targeted people by posing as an electricity department official and tricked them into making payments for fake bill updates.
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During the raids, police recovered several electronic devices, including “five mobile phones and five active SIM cards,” which are believed to have been used in the commission of the crimes.