Dumka: Eight interstate cyber frauds, who are history-sheeters, were arrested from Jamtara on charges of duping victims across the country, police said.Vishal Mandal faced a 2018 case for defrauding a Delhi man of Rs 1.19 lakh. Vikram Mandal scammed another Delhi resident of Rs 1.49 lakh in 2021. Soukat Ansari was charged of coning a Maharastra resident of Rs 12,000 in December 2024. Pradyum Mandal, Sameer Ansari, Ali Mohammad, Rahul Kumar Mandal, and Bablu Mandal, were also habitual offenders, police added.Detailing the modus operandi, Jamtara SP Rajkumar Mehta said, “Fraudsters, posing as utility officials, sent messages to targeted victims, especially in Delhi and Mumbai, claiming that unpaid electricity bills would lead to disconnections. They also promised the victims Rs 2,000 cashback via apps like PhonePe to extract their bank details.”Officer in-charge of the cyber police station, Rajesh Kumar Mandal, conducted raids in Narayanpur and Karmatand police station limits to nab the accused.Also, 20 mobile phones and 17 fake SIM cards were seized from the arrested accused, police added.
