10 cyber criminals arrested in Ranchi raids, cash and digital devices seized

Ranchi: Acting on a tip-off, a special police team raided two locations in Ranchi on Tuesday evening and arrested 10 suspected cyber criminals and detained a minor, police said on Wednesday.

The raids were conducted at Parshar Apartment near Piska More and Malti Apartment near Jatra Maidan, both under Sukhdeonagar police station limits.

Police seized Rs 7.98 lakh in cash, 36 mobile phones, a laptop, 32 ATM cards, five bank passbooks, five Aadhaar cards, 25 notebooks containing names, mobile numbers and details of financial transactions, and two Airtel smart speakers.

The arrested suspects were identified as Ritik Kumar Singh, Ajit Kumar Mehta, Suraj Singh, Amandeep Kumar, Amit Ranjan, Avinash Kumar, Rajkamal Verma, Ranjit Kumar and Satya Kumar Verma, all residents of Palamu district, and Surajdeo Kumar of Garhwa district.

City SP Paras Rana said the accused allegedly purchased data from courier companies and used it to target people with fake job offers.

“The accused used to make calls to victims and lure them with job offers before committing fraud. The notebooks also contained details of potential victims and remarks about their likelihood of accepting such offers,” Rana said.

He added that none of the arrested youths had any previous criminal record.

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