Mumbai Police has arrested an accused. (symbolic)
A shocking case has come to light from Mumbai, the financial capital of Maharashtra. Cyber ​​thugs have now started targeting abroad from the country. A man named Rahul Kant has been arrested by the police for demanding money from the royal family of Qatar in the name of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel. Who himself lived in Juhu, a posh area of ​​Mumbai.
A cyber police team is interrogating the accused after his arrest. The accused was demanding money from the royal family of Qatar by placing DP of Praful Patel on WhatsApp. He assumed from the DP that he would not be recognized but it was not.
The royal family spoke to Praful Patel
In fact, Rahul sent a message on July 20, after which the royal family itself contacted Praful Patel. Because even they could not believe why Praful Patel, who is a businessman and leader himself, would ask for money from the Qatari royal family. He told Patel about this, who then informed the Maharashtra Cyber ​​Cell.
Prafull Patel’s DP on WhatsApp
After this cyber cell registered an FIR under IT Act 66D and started investigation. Investigation has revealed that the accused used the VIP number to make calls. which was same as Praful Patel’s number and then started demanding money. Meanwhile, he also kept Praful Patel’s DP on WhatsApp.
What did the accused say?
During interrogation, Rahul Kant said that earlier he had purchased a VIP number similar to that of NCP leader Prafull Patel through a paid application. Then by calling from that number, he started demanding money from the Royal Family of Qatar. Now the police have arrested the accused and are conducting further investigation. Prafull Patel is a leader of NCP (Ajit faction) and Rajya Sabha MP. He has also been a former minister.
Bank robbery plot foiled
Apart from this, the Maharashtra Cyber ​​Cell has registered a case of fraud and robbery from a private bank which has rarely been reported before in the history of the country. The case of bank fraud is not new, but you rarely hear that a cyber criminal can steal such a huge sum of money from a bank safe overnight.
40 crore robbery attempt
Indeed, cyber thugs targeted a private bank and attempted a robbery worth around Rs 40 crore. Not only this, instant money transfer from banks started online. About 8 crore rupees were also transferred. At the same time, a senior official of the bank noticed how such a huge amount was being transferred without anyone even knowing about it.
He immediately informed the Maharashtra Cyber ​​Cell. Cyber ​​Cell has said from the beginning that online cyber thugs are doing this scam. He alerted the bank and stopped the fraud of about Rs 32 crore.
How will the recovery of 8 crores be done?
Now Cyber ​​Cell suspects that an employee inside the bank could definitely be involved in this fraud. In such a situation, everyone is under suspicion. Police have not arrested anyone yet but investigation is being done from all aspects. A man is also being sought who conspired to elect him from inside the bank. The bank breathed a sigh of relief that the recovery saved at least Rs 32 crore, but Cybercell is investigating how it will recover the remaining Rs 8 crore.
