Times News NetworkKanpur: Police arrested two inter-state cyber fraud suspects, Rajveer alias Omkar Singh, who carried a reward of Rs 50,000, and his associate Shubham (Shivam) Sinha, in a case involving suspicious transactions of about Rs 250 crore and alleged cyber fraud of Rs 125 crore, police said on Wednesday.Police Commissioner Raghuveer Lal disclosed the case on Wednesday afternoon. He said Rajveer Singh alias Omkar, originally a resident of Dibiyapur in Auraiya and currently a resident of Barra, and Shubham Sinha, a resident of Ratanlal Nagar, had been absconding for about the past three months. A joint team of Barra police and the Crime Branch arrested both of them.According to the police, the accused bought land worth crores of rupees and luxury cars with VIP numbers using the defrauded money. Police said the gang’s main accused, Abhay Shukla alias Sultan Mirza, is still absconding, and information was received that he was in Dubai.Police said that so far, 125 bank accounts linked to the accused were traced in the investigation. In connection with these accounts, 1,600 complaints from across the country were found registered on the NCRP portal. Between 2021 and 2026, transactions worth about Rs 250 crore took place through these accounts. Police said they froze the bank accounts containing Rs 4.25 crore.According to police, Rajveer earlier worked as a field worker at a private bank in Naubasta and worked on opening people’s bank accounts. After the bank’s merger during the Covid period, he opened a cyber cafe in Barra in 2021 and from there he built a cyber fraud network and started the fraud business through fake accounts in various states.Police said they already arrested four bank employees on April 30 and sent them to jail in the case. During questioning, it emerged that the cyber fraudsters gave about Rs 40 lakh to the bank employees in exchange for misuse of the accounts.The gang’s kingpin, Abhay Shukla alias Sultan Mirza, a resident of Sasaram in Bihar, is suspected to be in Dubai, and the search for him is continuing. Police said the investigation also revealed that Shubham studied Bachelor of Tourism at PSIT and Abhay Shukla studied BTech at a private institute in Panki.Police said they are investigating the accused’s movable and immovable properties, including land worth crores of rupees, luxury cars with VIP numbers and other investments. Action to seize property acquired through fraud is being initiated, police said.
