Cyber Police Jammu busts gang selling fake helicopter tickets to Vaishno Devi pilgrims, 4 arrested
India Today
The Cyber Police Jammu busted a gang selling fake helicopter tickets to the pilgrims of Vaishno Devi shrine. Four accused have been arrested by the police.
Cyber Police Jammu with the assistance of Rajasthan Police busted a gang of fraudsters offering fake online helicopter tickets to Mata Vaishno Devi ji pilgrims through fake websites created and floated by these fraudsters on Google. During the raid, the team of Cyber Police Jammu succeeded in nabbing four fraudsters, including Kingpin.
Cyber Police Jammu, after receiving a cyber fraud complaint from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board, helicopter service providers and a number of complainants from Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims regarding fake online sites, lodged an FIR and started an investigation.
During the course of investigation of the case, the technical team of Cyber Police obtained information from the domain providers, GoDaddy, about the fake websites of Mata Vaishno shrine. Based on the analysis of IP, domain registration details as well as other details of around 40 such fake websites, the technical team zeroed in the common IP user and found the whereabouts of these fraudsters and also found that they were operating from Kota, Rajasthan.
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Based on the proceedings, a team of three inspectors went to Rajasthan to arrest these fraudsters.
The police team, with the cooperation of Rajasthan Police, succeeded in arresting four fraudsters including kingpin, who were involved in creating these fake websites. Theses fraudsters were identified as Sunil Chawla, Deepak, Gajanand and Monu Pankaj.
The police team also seized incriminating material from them and after obtaining transit remand, they were brought to Jammu for further investigation.
