ATM fraud: Probe reveals 3 more banks were duped

Among them,UCO Bank had also gotten an FIR registered in Himachal Pradesh when it had learnt about the fraud being committed.

“Our preliminary investigations and interrogation of the accused have disclosed that the accused had used the same modus operandi to dupe SBI,PNB and UCO Bank. UCO Bank got an FIR registered with Himachal Police and we are in touch with the Himachal cops. The accused duped the banks of several lakhs of rupees,” Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (Cyber Crime Investigations) Pradeep Kumar told Newsline.

Also,it has come to light that a Ludhiana businessman was the mastermind who trained members of the other gangs.

Sumit Gupta,who was arrested by the Mohali police last week,is a member of the group run by the mastermind.

The Mohali police have been able to identify the mastermind and raid his hideouts but have not been able to arrest him till now.

According to police sources,there are over two dozen miscreants involved in the four gangs.

Significantly,all key members of these four gangs including the original mastermind,who trained Sumit Gupta too,are from Ludhiana.

Meanwhile,the Mohali cops have gotten a further three days’ police remand of three of the accused. The trio are Sumit Gupta,Kuldeep and Harpreet alias Bhura.

These three were earlier taken on four days’ police remand,which had expired on June 25. The cops sought an extension of police remand on the ground that more evidence needs to be collected.