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Three Arrested in Gurugram for Fake E-Challan Cyber Fraud
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News18•19-10-2026, 20:30
Three Arrested in Gurugram for Fake E-Challan Cyber Fraud
- •Gurugram police arrested three men for providing bank accounts to cybercriminals operating fake e-challan scams.
- •The scam involved sending fraudulent SMS messages with links claiming unpaid traffic challans.
- •A victim lost Rs 1.35 lakh after clicking the malicious link and entering his details.
- •The accused were tracked down and arrested from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
- •Investigation revealed the suspects received Rs 7,500 in return for channeling Rs 70,000 of the stolen money.
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Three men were arrested for providing bank accounts to cybercriminals who used fake e-challan SMS messages to trick a victim into losing Rs 1.35 lakh.
Interrogation revealed that Rs 70,000 of the complainant's money was credited to a bank account provided by the accused, for which they received Rs 7,500 in return.
The three accused, identified as Rohit, Krishna, and Dheeraj, were arrested from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh by a Gurugram police team.