Ludhiana Police bust interstate cyber fraud gang, recover Rs 17.35 lakh in cash

In a major breakthrough against cybercrime, Ludhiana Commissionerate Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked down on an interstate cyber fraud gang that orchestrated a major financial scam, resulting in the illegal transfer and withdrawal of approximately Rs 57 lakh from the bank accounts of an NRI customer, Ramandeep M Grewal.

Commissioner of Police Mandeep Singh Sidhu told The Tribune that Ludhiana Police wasted no time on receiving the complaint and registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC and the IT Act at Sadar police station here on September 5.