Jaisalmer: Hanumangarh police Monday busted a major international cyber fraud gang operating from Pakistan and arrested one of its members, Hardeep Singh, through the Cyber Police Station, Hanumangarh.Police said suspicious transactions worth around Rs 3.26 crore were detected in bank accounts linked to the accused. During the action, 26 bank passbooks, eight chequebooks, 18 ATM cards, eight SIM cards and three mobile phones were recovered. Police also found that 36 cyber fraud complaints from 14 states were registered on the bank accounts linked to the accused. Hanumangarh SP Harishankar said the operation was carried out under “Operation Cyber Clean” on the directions of Inspector General of Police, Bikaner Range, Hemant Sharma. Police discovered that a resident of Dabli Rathan village under Sadar police station was renting out bank accounts and facilitating online fraud in collusion with handlers based in Pakistan. A report was taken from account holder Rajpal Singh, following which case No. 01/2026 was registered under sections 318(4), 316(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Acting on directions for early arrest, a team led by Raghuveer Singh Bika, SHO Cyber Police Station, and Sub-Inspector Rajpal Singh arrested Hardeep Singh. Police said documents linked to Pakistan were also recovered from the accused. During investigation, it emerged that Hardeep Singh provided Indian bank accounts and SIM cards to the Pakistan-based cyber fraud gang. Money obtained through cyber fraud was deposited in these accounts, converted into electronic currency (USDT) and transferred to gang members across the border. The accused was produced before the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) at the CID Zone Office in Sriganganagar and has been remanded to police custody till Feb 6. Police said further investigation into his Pakistani contacts and the wider fraud network is underway. SP Harishankar said the gang targeted victims through fake advertisements on Facebook and Instagram, including offers of cheap goods and false claims of victim assistance under the guise of charitable organisations, and shared the defrauded money among themselves.
