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Delhi Crime: A big cyber fraud racket has been busted in the Outer North district of Delhi. In which thugs associated with India were supporting international gangs. This gang had direct connection with cyber criminals sitting in Cambodia, Thailand, Canada and many other countries. Police have arrested three accused from Lucknow and Karnal in this case. Also, 1000 SIP numbers and calling terminals have also been seized.
In fact, on 19 December 2024, a woman lodged a complaint with Delhi Police that she received a call from the number +911246047245. In which the thugs claiming to be CBI officers threatened her. The thugs got 94 thousand rupees transferred from the woman in the name of digital arrest. After the complaint, the cyber police registered an FIR and started investigation.
VIDEO | Here’s what DCP (Outer North) Nidhin Valsan said after Delhi Police solved digital arrest case.
“We busted a digital crime syndicate in the Cybercrime Outer North District. They used a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), typically used for digital marketing, to bypass… pic.twitter.com/kcuVGxEiV0
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 4, 2025
The thugs had rented a fake office
DCP Outer North Nidhi Valson said that the police investigated the call details and bank accounts of the thugs. Which gave information about the SIP numbers. According to the police, these numbers were issued from Jio and Tata Tele Services and were given to Ishan Netsol Pvt Ltd and Grace of Glory Ministry Trust. Further investigation revealed that the thugs had rented a fake office and used it as a base for cyber fraud.
After this, the police raided Lucknow, Karnal and Gurugram and arrested Ajaydeep, Abhishek Srivastava and Ashutosh Bora. During interrogation, Ashutosh confessed that he was working as a cyber fraudster in the name of Mohammad Ali of Indore. He was in contact with the mastermind of this entire cyber fraud racket. The police is searching for him.
People were threatened
Outer North District DCP Nidhin Valson said that this was a very clever method of cyber crime, which is being called “Digital Arrest Scam”. The thugs used to use VoIP calls through SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), through which they used to scare people by introducing themselves as government officials (CBI, TRAI, DoT). People were threatened that their numbers were being used in criminal activities and if they did not pay the fine immediately, they would be arrested. Due to fear, people transferred money to the bank accounts mentioned by the thugs.
It is difficult to monitor these calls
The DCP said that SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is a technology through which phone calls are made through the Internet. Criminals use it because it is different from the normal phone network, which makes it difficult to monitor these calls. In this, people can be easily fooled in the name of government agencies by using fake numbers. It is very difficult to track and block SIP calls.
According to the police, the fraudsters had taken numbers from SIP service providers on fake identities. More than 2 lakh people were called using more than 5000 SIP numbers. Calls were routed through foreign servers (Cambodia, Thailand, Canada). So that the real location could not be traced. Auto-dialer system and cloud PBX software were used for cheating. After setting up the SIP calling system, it was given access to the fraudsters sitting abroad.
The accused arrested in this case, Ajaydeep, did B.Tech and MBA. He has previously worked in the NGO “Save The Children”. Accused Abhishek Srivastava used to work in computer hardware and CCTV repairing and Ashutosh Bora is a graduate and is doing LLB, was providing SIP services.
The police have recovered MacBook laptops, iPhone 14, Motorola Edge 50, desktop systems, routers, switches and media gateways, SIP trunking service, auto dialer, plastic stamps, bank details and rent agreements from the accused.
The Delhi Police team and the I4C (Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre) team are now trying to reach the root of this entire network. The police is also trying to find out how many more people have been cheated by this racket across the country. Apart from this, the search for mastermind Mohammad Ali is also on.
