Shahjahanpur police unearthed the racket being run from Jalalabad area of the district after getting repeated complaints
BAREILLY: “It takes just Rs 5 to clone a fingerprint,” says Gaurav, 26, who learnt cloning fingerprints using glue-gun and adhesive online, and allegedly hacked nearly 500 bank accounts of the beneficiaries of various government schemes such as PM Kisan Samman Yojana, old age pension, etc, in nexus with bank mitras.
Six people, including Gaurav — a graduate who runs a photocopy shop in Kaant area — were arrested, while two are still at large, said Shahjahanpur police, who seized nearly 500 cloned fingerprints of beneficiaries along with their Aadhaar cards and bank passbooks.