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Cyber Fraud Racket: Odisha Police Gets Man From Bihar On Remand

Cuttack: Odisha Police has brought a man from Bihar on remand for his alleged involvement in bank frauds amounting to more than Rs 1 crore in the state.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Bihar Police had unearthed a pan-India cyber fraud racket involving around Rs 100 crore and arrested a peon of Bank of Baroda recently. The arrested person was identified as Bikash Singh of Gangahar in Bhojpur district of Bihar.

During investigation, the EOW found photocopies of the cheques issued by several Odisha branches of the Bank of Baroda from the mobile phone of Singh. Following forensic examination of the photocopies, it was ascertained that the cheques were issued by the bank’s branches in Subarnapur, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack districts, said Cuttack Cyber Police Inspector Chandrika Swain.

After the EOW of Bihar informed Odisha Police, the Cuttack Cyber Police brought Singh on remand on Thursday. During interrogation, they came to know about Singh’s involvement in cyber fraud of Rs 1.58 crore in Odisha, Swain said.

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