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00:00In December, we got an F.I.R. from a senior citizen,
00:05where we saw the details of the F.I.R.
00:08Two unknown people came to his shop,
00:10and he gave them permission to sell the sound books that they were using.
00:14The price is more than Rs. 4,000,
00:17if it is reduced to Rs. 1, it will become Rs. 20.
00:19For this, you will have to make a transaction of Rs. 1
00:22in the merchant account of his building.
00:24When the victim did not have a debit card,
00:28he used his banking application to issue a debit card.
00:32After seven days, he came again and said,
00:35make a transaction of Rs. 1 in the ATM,
00:38in his merchant account.
00:40When the victim made the transaction of Rs. 1,
00:42we saw his password.
00:44After that, on the pretext of mailing in the ATM,
00:47he transferred Rs. 6,00,000 without his know-how from the victim's account.
00:52In his F.I.R. investigation,
00:54three people were arrested by the cybercrime team from Baroda,
00:57two months ago,
00:59in the account of which Rs. 5,000 was transferred.
01:01After that, in the further investigation,
01:04our F.I.R., V.P. Patel and his team,
01:07on the basis of technical analysis and human intelligence,
01:10arrested six people two days ago,
01:12and their investigation.
01:14Sir, the accused who has been arrested...
01:16Out of the six people who have been arrested,
01:18the mastermind of the main game is V.P. Patel,
01:22and he has two co-accused.
01:24One is Dilak Sothar and the other is Pritam Sothar.
01:26These two have previously worked in the ATM.
01:29V.P. Patel had previously worked in the ATM,
01:34so he was discussed with the ATM.
01:37After that, in the late part of 2022,
01:39he started doing this on his own.
01:42Then he brought Dilak Sothar and Pritam Sothar with him.
01:46Over the period of time,
01:48Raj Patel, Govind Hadeep, and Parag Mishri
01:53were also included in his team.
01:56After that, the crimes they committed...
01:59Earlier, they used to do rakeys in different cities.
02:01Until now, this investigation has shown
02:03that apart from Ahmedabad,
02:04they have also committed such crimes in 10 other cities.
02:07During the rakeys, they used to see
02:09how many people were using the ATM sound box.
02:11Among them, the target senior citizen
02:13or a person who doesn't know much about the ATM password
02:17or how to protect it.
02:19Generally, they used to target such people.
02:21Then, two people from this gang used to go there as executives.
02:24They used to give them the chance
02:26to reduce the charges of the ATM
02:28and get a transaction of Rs. 1.
02:30During the duration of that transaction,
02:32they used to check the password of their mobile application.
02:36Then, on the pretext of mailing in the ATM,
02:38they used to transfer the money from their account.
02:40Another unique thing that has come in this investigation
02:43is that these people who used to transfer money in the account
02:46of illegal betting and gaming websites,
02:50and the other accused used to make their own account
02:54and transfer the money and get it recharged.
02:56Then, they used to play a little bit of gaming or betting
02:59and withdraw the money in the dummy account
03:02that they have procured from Rajasthan.
03:04Sir, how many people have been cheated?
03:06Sir, the investigation has shown that
03:08in the last 2.5 years,
03:09in more than 10 cities,
03:10they have cheated more than 500 people.
03:13And if you look at the amount,
03:15they used to cheat people from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 6,00,000.
03:18And the fraud has reached up to Rs. 1-2 crores.
03:21Sir, apart from Gujarat,
03:22how many other states have filed an FIR against them?
03:25Generally, one of the accused is Pritam Suthar,
03:28who used to provide them a dummy SIM card and account from Rajasthan.
03:31Against him, in Rajasthan,
03:33there are more than 9 FIRs registered with the murder.
03:36And there has been no FIR against the other accused.