Metro India News | Hyderabad 

The Cyber Crime Police, Hyderabad, along with the Commissioner’s Task Force, East Zone on Tuesday busted an eight-member gang accused of opening mule bank accounts and supplying them to cyber fraudsters, enabling large-scale online scams targeting unsuspecting citizens. The arrested individuals were identified as Poojari Jagadish, Gurudas Sunil Kumar, Gunti Manideep, Parlapalli Nikhil, Bollu Balu, Battula Pavan, Polas Praveen, and Balavath Balaji Naik.

The racket began in October 2023, when auto driver Jagadish was lured by Kannaiah with offers of easy money in exchange for bank accounts. Jagadish soon began opening accounts using documents from relatives and acquaintances across multiple banks and handed over complete account kits for commissions. As the scheme expanded, he roped in associates, who further recruited others for Rs 1,500 - 3,000 per account.

Some members also allegedly used insider assistance from a bank employee to facilitate the openings. The account kits were later couriered to the main fraudsters. Police seized 11 passbooks, 14 ATM cards, 12 cheque books and notebooks with account details, SIM cards, courier receipts, a biometric device, a tablet, and eight mobile phones.