Pramesh S Jain
The Northeast cyber crime police busted a racket and arrested a gang of three including an engineering graduate from West Bengal who posing as traffic police collecting fines from violators .
The prime accused Ranjan Kumar Purbey,worked in a private company for six months and currently unemployed roped in his associates Ismail Ali and Subir,owner of Cyber cafe and Xerox shop in West Bengal used his technical skills to download the ID card of city based Head Constable from social media .
He accessed the details of the violators and their contact details listed in city traffic police mobile app and transport department website.
Using the data,the accused posing as traffic police called the violators to pay the dues on the UPI ID shared to them.
Based on the complaint filed by the daughter of the head constable whose ID was misused,the cyber crime police track down the accused at their home town and arrested them.
The police are also on the lookout for two more of their associates who are on the run.
With their arrest the police have solved two cases registered in city limits.The accused had contacted many people and made them to pay the small amounts of fines to their online account in the last six months, a senior officer said .
