Sonbhadra, Three more people have been arrested from Bhopal in connection with a cyber fraud case involving bank accounts opened in the name of the Satya Sanatan Trust, taking the total number of arrests to eight, police said on Wednesday.
Investigation into the trust’s bank accounts has revealed 35 complaints of cyber fraud involving suspicious transactions worth approximately ₹ 11.63 crore, a police officer said. During the investigation, police found that the trust had multiple bank accounts, with one account alone receiving ₹ 2.37 crore, the officer said.
They were produced before a court, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police Rishabh Runwal said the accused allegedly opened bank accounts in the name of the Satya Sanatan Trust and enrolled several people as members of the organisation. A case was registered at the Duddhi police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, police said.
The three accused were arrested in Bhopal on Sunday evening and brought to Sonbhadra on Wednesday after obtaining transit remand. The three accused arrested in Bhopal on Sunday were identified as Jai Kumar Pandey , a resident of Bhopal, and Rajesh Poddar and Babbu Prajapati , both residents of Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh.
20 per cent of the fraud proceeds was allegedly paid to trust president Pandey as commission, while the remaining amount was distributed among other people, Runwal said, according to the investigation.
