Kanpur: A transporter from Kanpur was defrauded of Rs 1.2 crore from his bank accounts through an unauthorised SIM swap. Police in Meerut and the NCR region were contacted and the accused was held in Meerut.The victim, Mokam Singh had filed a complaint on Aug 25, 2025 at the Cyber Crime Police Station, Commissionerate Kanpur Nagar. According to the complainant, forged APK files were sent to his mobile phone through WhatsApp in the name of various govt schemes such as PM Kisan Yojna, RTO Challan, Canara Bank Aadhaar Update and Indra Awas Village. Singh clicked on one of these files, mistaking it for an RTO Challan. Through these files, cyber criminals gained access to Singh’s mobile.Subsequently, the criminals carried out a SIM swap of his mobile number, activated online banking on his bank accounts and withdrew Rs 1,27,85,779 on Aug 25.Singh registered a complaint on cyber helpline 1930 and also submitted a written complaint at the Cyber Crime Police Station, Commissionerate Kanpur Nagar.A case was registered at Cyber Crime Police Station Kanpur Nagar. The police searched for the accused on the basis of technical evidence .On March 9, led by inspector in-charge cyber crime Satish Yadav, a team was dispatched to Meerut. During this time, information was received through a special informer that the account holder Amar Tiwari, linked to the case, whose real name is Arshad Ansari, was arrested from the Lisadi Gate police station area of Meerut .During interrogation, Arshad Ansari, resident of Ansar Block, Karim Nagar, Meerut, revealed that he, along with his associates, had prepared forged Aadhaar cards, PAN cards and other documents in the name of Amar Tiwari in the Nalasopara area of Mumbai and opened a bank account.Fraudulently obtained money was transferred into this account. According to the accused, from the money obtained through the fraud, he had purchased gold worth about Rs 55 lakh from a reputed company in Noida. Based on the collection of evidence, Sections 339, 340(2) and 61(2) BNS were added to the case.Various forged documents and banking-related materials were recovered from a file. The team that solved the case was awarded Rs 25,000.
