Ajmer : Ajmer: Manish Kapoor, arrested from Udaipur for duping an NRI of Rs 1.25 crore on the pretext of investment and profits in the share market, kept misleading the police by calling himself a chartered accountant. Before his arrest, he informed the police that he was a chartered accountant. During interrogation during remand, it was revealed that he is the mastermind in the case. He used to decide when, where and from whose account the amount should be transacted. The police is also investigating the accused in relation to his degree along with a cyber fraud racket worth Rs 1.25 crore.
CO (South) Omprakash, Research Officer of the Unemployed Youth Investigation Case, conducted a thorough investigation with Udaipur resident Manish Kapoor on Thursday. The police is inquiring about the people working in the network above and below the cyber fraud of accused Manish. Police investigation revealed that there were a large number of unemployed youth in the network of accused Manish. He used to transact fraudulent amounts through unemployed and needy students through their own and their acquaintance’s bank accounts. It is noteworthy that Ajmer Cyber Station Police had arrested B.Sc. students Harish and Raghunath from Nagaur on July 15. During interrogation of Harish and Raghunath, it was revealed that the money received in their bank accounts was transferred through Udaipur resident Manish Kapoor. Harish and Raghunath were also in contact with Manish to withdraw the defrauded amount. He had used the bank accounts of many innocent people of his village to withdraw money.
In the game of cyber fraud, Manish Kapoor was responsible for the withdrawal of money and transfer to their bank accounts. In return, Manish used to distribute commission as wages to the unemployed youth working with him for using the bank account. Student Manish Mundel, resident of Medta City Dangawas, who was involved in his network, Ravi Jat, Vijay Patel, Anurag Jain, Vipul Jain alias Kaku, Omprakash Bairagi, Lokesh Jat, Vishal Verma alias Bhairu, Harish and Raghunath of Udaipur have been arrested.
Pressure created to stop action
According to the information, during his appearance in the court, accused Manish Kapoor had accused a police officer of giving him money in exchange for hushing up the case. He had put pressure on the said police officer to stop him from taking action by claiming himself to be a CA. Although the matter came to light after the arrest of two accused in July, but when no action was taken in the matter, the NRI had complained to the DIG Range and the Home Department. After this, the investigation in the case was handed over to CO South Omprakash. Accused Manish had also declared himself as CA in front of CO Omprakash and the victim’s advocate.
Manish used to change the amount of fraud
Cyber thug gangs used to fraudulently transfer the investment amount to their given bank accounts in the name of investing in the stock market by luring the common people on social media platforms with the promise of profits. Manish Kapoor used to convert it into cryptocurrency and dollars and then convert it back into Indian currency. He used to withdraw cash in the third and fourth steps by making transactions in different accounts of people. Police still suspect a large number of people to be involved in Manish Kapoor’s network.
