Udaipur: Dungarpur police Tuesday arrested the alleged kingpin of an international cyber fraud racket that operated from Dubai and is accused of siphoning off more than Rs 160 crore by using bank accounts opened in the names of unsuspecting villagers and students.Dungarpur superintendent of police Manish Kumar said the main accused, Ghanshyam Kalal of Seemalwara, was arrested from the Balicha area of Udaipur. He allegedly returned to India from Dubai via Nepal and Bhutan. Acting on a tip-off, police tracked and arrested him using technical surveillance and conventional policing methods.Police said the gang opened more than 450 bank accounts in the names of villagers and students by luring them with promises of govt schemes, scholarships, PAN cards, bank accounts and loans. The accused allegedly collected passbooks, ATM cards, chequebooks, SIM cards and internet banking credentials and used the accounts to route proceeds of cyber fraud from across the country.Investigators said more than Rs 160 crore was channelled through these accounts. The racket was allegedly operated from Dubai, Georgia and Kuwait, with members communicating through Telegram and WhatsApp. The money was withdrawn using ATMs and cheques and distributed among gang members on a commission basis.Police earlier arrested five other accused in the case. Further interrogation is underway to identify the entire network, its associates and handlers based abroad.
