Patna: Cyber police on Thursday busted an alleged organised cyber fraud racket and arrested 10 people following raids in Patna, recovering 47 phones, 89 ATM cards, 82 cheque books, 76 passbooks, a laptop and over Rs 2 lakh in cash.Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the Cyber Crime and Security Unit and Patna Cyber Police Station raided two flats rented by accused Kuldeep Singh on the third floor of a house on Sheetlanagar Canal Road under Agamkuan police station area, police said on Thursday. Nine people were arrested from the flats. Police said several ATM cards, cheque books, passbooks, SIM cards and identity documents recovered from the premises were in the names of other people.During questioning, accused Rahul Kumar allegedly told police that he was in contact with Zubair, Altafa and other associates in Jamtara, Jharkhand. According to the FIR, the gang persuaded people to open bank accounts and collected their banking kits. The accounts were allegedly used to receive proceeds of cyber fraud, which were withdrawn through ATMs, UPI and cheques.Police subsequently raided Rahul’s house in Malsalami and recovered six keypad phones, four Android phones, a laptop, 30 ATM cards, 36 cheque books and 49 passbooks.Police also arrested Mohammad Majeed, a former cyber cafe operator and current CSP operator, from Patna City. Police alleged that he prepared fraudulent residential certificates and other documents to facilitate changes in Aadhaar addresses.The arrested accused have been identified as Rahul, Kuldeep, Raju Kumar, Kanhaiya Kumar, Shishupal Singh, Vishnu Kumar, Rahul Haila, Dhanraj Kumar, Shadik Alam and Majeed.
