Port Blair, Aug 17: An ATM Fraud case has been cracked by a team of South Andaman Police on 06/08/16 by arresting the accused from Durgapur, West Bengal.
The said case was registered in South Andaman District and cheating was done by unknown persons impersonating as Bank Manager of SBI bank and by demanding confidential information from SBI account holders such as account number, debit card number, ATM pin etc and which was later used to withdraw money from their accounts through unauthorized online transactions.
After detailed analysis, it came to light that this racket was being operated from Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal and after developing the lead, a team comprising of SI Usman Ali, HC Ram Nag and Constable Uttam Kumar Das went to Jharkhand and West Bengal and after conducting a series of raids in Jharkhand and West Bengal with help of local Police, the team succeeded in arresting one fraudster namely Ram Prasad Mondal age 23 yrs R/o Durgapur from Durgapur West Bengal. The police team also recovered incriminating articles like Mobile phones, fake documents etc from the possession of accused. The accused was produced before the Additional CJM, Durgapur where the Hon’ble Court has directed the accused to re-surrender before the Hon’ble CJM Port Blair before 19 August 2016.
Due to the sincere and dedicated efforts of Inspr. Mahesh Yadav, SHO PS Aberdeen, and supervision of Dy.SP S/A, Shri. Ajay Rai and cooperation by the State Police of West Bengal, the successful arrest of the ATM fraudster was made possible.
General public are once again requested not to share any confidential information such as their Card Number, ATM Pin or any other confidential information regarding their account with anybody as the bank officials never ask for such information.
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