Karimnagar police bust cybercrime gang, arrest 12 including kingpin

Karimnagar Commissionerate police arrested 12 members of a cybercrime gang involved in creating mule bank accounts used for online fraud. The arrests were made under ‘Operation Crackdown’, with the alleged kingpin among those taken into custody

Karimnagar: The Karimnagar Commissionerate police busted a cybercrime gang and arrested 12 members, including the alleged kingpin and those involved in creating and circulating mule bank accounts.

The gang was unearthed as part of ‘Operation Crackdown’, an initiative launched to curb cybercrimes in the district. Presenting the accused before the media in Karimnagar on Sunday, Commissioner of Police Gaush Alam explained the modus operandi of the gang. He said the gang members created bank accounts, both savings and current accounts, in the names of unsuspecting individuals in different banks. The passbooks, ATM cards and SIM cards linked to these accounts were then sold to higher-level cybercriminals.

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The cyber fraudsters used these accounts to transfer, exchange and withdraw money obtained through online fraud. Police arrested the alleged kingpin Muduganti Rajeshwar Reddy along with Nandagiri Saivardhan, Kalidas Kaushik, Mulankula Rajkumar, Bandi Sai Krishna, Adavelli Sai Karthik, Meer Jamiuddin, Mohammad Javad Khan, Sardar Daljeet Singh, Pallerla Ajay, Nirmalla Shiva and Diddi Saicharan.

Based on a complaint, Karimnagar Town-II police registered a case under Sections 112 and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 66D of the IT Act and began an investigation. Similar cases have also been registered against the gang in various police stations in Karimnagar town.