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SURAT: City police busted a well-organized nationwide cyber fraud racket where electricity bills worth Rs 3.67 crore paid in cash by several customers of Torrent Power and state-run Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (DGVCL) were usurped and the bill amount fraudulently paid using credit cards of Mumbai-headquartered RBL Bank customers.
Among those arrested include a tele-calling racketeer from Jamtara of Jharkhand that’s infamous for such cyber bank frauds. The racket was busted by Katargam police jointly with the cyber-crime police station.
Police arrested Virbhadrasinh Jhala (29), Mehul Lakadiya (28), Yash Bhuptani (24), Manish Bhuva (34), Milan Chovatiya (34) and Jitendra alias Rahul Mandal. Jhala is from Bhavnagar and Mandal is from Jamtara while other accused are residents of the Surat city.