Kanpur. Colonelganj police exposed a gang running cyber fraud under the guise of a madrasa. This gang defrauds people by digital arrest and other means. The big thing is that this gang was being run by a maulana who runs a madrasa. Not only this, the money being defrauded from the victims was being called in the account of the accused madrasa. Police have arrested the maulana who was running the gang and his engineer friend who gave him technical support and sent him to jail, while two members of the gang managed to escape. According to the police, the gang is also connected to some madrasas located in Lucknow and Delhi. Maulana is a resident of Bihar DCP Central Dinesh Tripathi said that Maulana Mohammad Javed Akhtar, originally a resident of Darbhanga district of Bihar, runs Madrasa Kasimul Uloom Foundation in Yatimkhana of Colonelganj. Javed was a maulana by name, but his reality is that he is a cyber fraud. The members of the accused’s gang used to commit cyber fraud in different parts of the country and demand the money in the madrasa’s charity account, while the second member of the gang is Mohammad Swaleh, a resident of Hiraman Ka Purwa in Beconganj, who is a B.Tech engineer from Information Technology. He used to help the Maulana technically by demanding money in the account and distributing it in different accounts. The gang was planning a fraud in GIC Park on Friday night. Then Colonelganj police caught Maulana Mohd. Javed Akhtar and Mohd. Swaleh, while his two accomplices escaped from the spot. Action has been taken against the accused and they have been sent to jail. Rs 65 lakhs cheated from a Vadodara businessman Police said that this gang had cheated a businessman of Vadodara, Gujarat of Rs 65 lakh by digitally arresting him. The accused had transferred Rs 32.50 lakh from the amount cheated from the businessman to the madrasa’s account. A few days ago, Vadodara police had sent a notice to Maulana and frozen the madrasa’s account.
Maulana complained to police to save himself
Police said that when Vadodara police froze the madrasa’s account, Maulana Mohd. Javed Akhtar, fearing arrest, complained to Kanpur Commissionerate Police and IGRS. Maulana had claimed that money was sent to the madrasa in the name of help. He has nothing to do with cyber fraudsters.
Police investigation revealed that Maulana’s cyber partners are present in Delhi and Lucknow besides Kanpur. Cyber fraudsters have also used Maulana’s SIM, on the basis of which Maulana has been arrested and sent to jail.
Maulana used to get 20-30 percent commission
Police said that cyber fraudsters used to send money to Maulana’s madrasa. Maulana used to return the money after deducting 20-30 percent of the amount received in the account. Accused Mohd. Swaleh used to collect cash from people after asking for money in different accounts. Accused Mohd. Swaleh was an engineer in a private company after doing B.Tech. He joined the cyber fraud gang to become a millionaire soon.
