The Cyber Crime and Security Unit, alongside the Patna Cyber Police, has arrested Anshu Kumari, a key member of an organized cybercrime syndicate accused of siphoning over 1.20 crore rupees from victims nationwide under the guise of electricity bill updates and loan approvals. Officers apprehended the suspect during an operational raid in Rohtas district following intelligence leads. A search of her possession yielded 23 ATM cards, 12 bank passbooks, seven mobile phones, and 76,000 rupees in cash. Police findings indicate that the criminal network faces around 50 registered cybercrime cases across the country, prompting specialized teams to launch targeted operations to identify and detain remaining absconding accomplices.
Interrogation of Physics Graduate Exposed Mule Account Network
The enforcement action in Rohtas materialized following disclosures made by an earlier arrested operative identified as Bablu Kumar, a native of Salaiya village in Sheikhpura district. A joint police team had previously tracked and arrested Kumar from a rented residence in Adarsh Colony under the Ram Krishna Nagar police station area in Patna. Police interrogation revealed that Kumar, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics, originally turned to illegal online activities after accumulating a trading debt of approximately 6 lakh rupees while residing in his home village. To clear the liabilities, he relocated to Rajasthan, where he allegedly learned cyber fraud techniques and subsequently had a cybercrime case registered against him. After shifting his base to Patna, Kumar coordinated the receipt and operation of mule bank accounts, leading investigating officers directly to Anshu Kumari’s operational base in Rohtas.
Public Welfare Promises Used to Open Fraud Accounts for Commission
Investigative findings detail that Anshu Kumari approached unsuspecting rural residents under the false promise of assisting them with enrollment in government welfare schemes. Using this pretext, she gathered primary identity proofs and documentation from local citizens to establish bank accounts in their names. Once the banking kits arrived, she transferred the corresponding passbooks, cheque books, and operational debit cards directly to Bablu Kumar, receiving a cash commission of 10,000 rupees for each activated bank account. Kumar allegedly managed these fraudulent accounts and visited multiple automated teller machines across Patna to withdraw the illicit proceeds. Authorities are scrutinizing transactional data across the retrieved bank documents to determine the aggregate flow of defrauded capital channeled through each account.
Syndicate Operated Fake Utility Updates and Loan Offers Nationwide
The criminal syndicate established contact with citizens across multiple Indian states by offering fraudulent loan sanctions and urgent assistance with pending electricity bill payments. Once victims engaged with the group, the fraudsters executed deceptive online transactions to siphon funds directly into the fraudulently acquired accounts. Forensic examiners are currently analyzing the seven mobile handsets seized from Rohtas to extract digital communications, trace coordinating members, and isolate additional compromised banking routes. State investigators are continuing multi-jurisdictional inquiries to confirm the total number of individuals whose identification documents were misused, verify the interstate reach of the withdrawals, and dismantle the remaining modules of the cyber fraud syndicate.
