Agra: Police on Friday arrested three operatives of a Kerala-based cyber fraud gang in Uttar Pradeshs Agra district. The accused allegedly lured poor families to open bank accounts where they could store money obtained by cyber fraud.According to police officials, the fraudsters would pay Rs 10,000 for the identity documents of a person to open a bank account and purchase a SIM card for online transactions. The accused men were in touch with the gang leader Shanu through mobile applications. As many as 97 SIM cards along with ATM and Aadhar cards have been recovered from the arrested men. The accused were paid Rs 5,000 for each bank account, besides commission on each cyber fraud. The accused were identified as Fatehpur Sikri resident Shahbaaz, Katghar locality resident Abid, and Iradat Nagar resident Sanjeev Tyagi. Shahbaaz, who used to work as a garment merchant, was the first to get in touch with the gang leader Shanu in Dubai nine months ago. He later roped in his two friends, police said. Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Suraj Kumar Rai said, The three men part of a cyber fraud gang have been booked under IPC section 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged). He added, The operations of the gang are being investigated in detail. Financial transactions from the accounts opened by the accused men through fraudulent means are being traced.

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