Kingpin of Mewati gang held for cyber fraud

A wanted criminal in several cases including cybercrime and cheating the kingpin of the Mewati gang has been arrested on Tuesday in Dwarka.

The arrested criminal has been identified as Zalaluddin and a reward of Rs 25000 was on him.

Deputy Commissioner of Police M Harsha Vardhan said, “The accused is wanted in Delhi, Kurukshetra, Ambala, and other states. He along with his gang members cheated innocent people. Secret informers were also deployed to get clues about him and several raids were conducted in Mewat region to nab Zalaluddin.”

“A raid was conducted on the basis of technical and manual surveillance a raid was conducted at Firozpur Jhirka, Haryana, and accused persons were apprehended by the team. On interrogation, he disclosed his identity as Zalaluddin,” Deputy Commissioner Vardhan added.

Meanwhile, the accused family had a debt of lakhs and it is revealed that the accused along with his group used to cheat innocent people through cyber fraud.

Moreover, the group was divided into three groups in which one used to buy SIM cards, the second used to provide fake credit cards, and the third group used to contact people and chat with people.

“They contacted them on the pretext of shopping and later cheated them by transferring money from their accounts to the fake accounts owned by the gang. They used to cheat innocent people all over India,” Deputy Commissioner further added.

However, further investigations into the matter are underway.