Gaming app fraud kingpin at large after Rs 17 cr haul

A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered more than Rs 17.32 crore in cash from a house in Kolkata’s Port area in connection with an alleged mobile gaming application fraud, the prime accused, Aamir Khan, remained untraceable on Sunday.

Three of his mobile phones were switched off since Saturday, officials said.

With the recovery of cash, the transport business of Aamir’s father Nasir Ahmad Khan is now under the ED scanner. Sources said during the pandemic, Aamir through the gaming app duped users of lakhs of rupees by luring them into earning daily commissions of Rs 3,000-4,000 each.