One Arrested in Cyber Fraud Crackdown in Deoghar

Deoghar: Deoghar police arrested a 24-year-old man on November 8 for alleged involvement in cyber fraud in Madhupur police station area, following a raid based on a tip-off.
The arrest was made under the direction of Superintendent of Police Praveen Pushkar and under the leadership of Deputy Superintendent of Police Kailash Prasad Mahto.
Police identified the accused as Deepak Kumar Das, a resident of Amatalla Bhedwa in Madhupur. Preliminary examination of mobile phones and SIM cards seized from him indicated suspected links to cyber fraud, police said.According to police, the accused allegedly impersonated customer care representatives of Flipkart, Amazon, Google Pay, PhonePe and Airtel Payments Bank, luring victims with cashback offers and other assistance.He also allegedly sent malicious APK files disguised as PM-KISAN Yojana, electricity bills and RTO challans to gain access to victims' mobile phones. Police said he also used the Airtel Thanks app to deceive customers in the name of activating blocked payment bank cards.
Three mobile phones and three SIM cards were seized.The raid was conducted by personnel from Madhupur police station and the Deoghar cyber police station.