Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police has nabbed another person in connection with the ATM card cloning case at Tangra on Thursday night. The accused person, identified as Niraj Kumar Tiwari, used to keep the money with him and buy things necessary for the crime.
According to sources, police had previously arrested four persons in connection with the fraud and more than Rs 25 lakh was seized. Sleuths also found several gadgets and cloned ATM cards, which were seized from Chennai.
Following their arrest, sleuths interrogated the accused persons and came to know that they had a connection in Kolkata who used to help them with logistics support and keep the money.
Based on the information, sleuths raided a house located at 9C, Munshi Bazar Road in Tangra and arrested Tiwari. During a search, sleuths found Rs 11 lakh from his possession. He was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's (ACJM) Court, Bidhannagar, on Friday and was remanded to 3 days in police custody.
On February 1, Pulak Banerjee, a resident of Serampore, used his ATM card at a State Bank of India (SBI) ATM on the Poura Bhavan premises, to withdraw Rs 8,000. After waiting for a few seconds, Banerjee realised that due to some technical problem the money was not disbursed.
He left the ATM counter without cancelling the transaction. As soon as he went out, two youths entered the counter. When Banerjee went outside, he got a text on his phone stating that Rs 8,000 had been withdrawn from his account.
Banerjee immediately rushed to the ATM counter and saw the two doing something to the ATM machine. When he opposed them, the duo allegedly tried to flee. Having no other option, Banerjee shouted for help.
Meanwhile, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Bidhannagar Traffic Police, Nihar Biswas, was passing through the area. Hearing Banerjee shout he rushed inside and was able to catch one of the miscreants, identified as Sanjay Mandal. During interrogation, police came to know that it is a huge racket which operates across the country. Later, the case was handed over to Bidhannagar Cyber Crime police station for further investigation.