Jharkhand CID arrests 4 cybercriminals for selling child pornography for Rs 220

Ranchi : Jharkhand CID has taken major action against cyber criminals. A youth named Arun Babu OP has been arrested from Vidyanagar, Bengaluru in a case of child pornography through Telegram channels across the country. Baidyanath Kumar, secretary of Child Rights Foundation, complained through Telegram that an open group called Delhi Sex Group was run in the name of child pornography and Scott Service. He had revealed in a sting that more than 8000 child sex porn videos were sold for Rs 220 through UPI. CID arrested Arun Babu OP from Bengaluru in this case. Two mobile phones were recovered from him. Among them, child sexual abuse content, photos and videos along with links to several Telegram channels, photos and videos were also recovered from cloud storage services and TERA.

Along with this, cybercriminals Manish and Arun Kumar, who have cheated more than 24 crores from more than 222 people across the country in the name of online GV football betting, have been arrested from Ghaziabad, UP. While Lavkush, who cheated 87.29 lakhs in the name of insurance policy, has been arrested from Ghaziabad. The I4C team of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs also played an important role in reaching the criminals in these cases. CID DG Anurag Gupta has also announced a cash reward of Rs 5,000 to the Inspector level officers and Rs 3,000 to the officers and staff below.

Online betting on football matches was done by cybercriminals by creating a website called GVFootball.com. They used Telegram and WhatsApp for registration. From December 2022 to May 2023, GV used to charge Rs 500 for registration even after creating the football app. There was provision for withdrawal of profits. 12% GST was also deducted on every withdrawal of Rs 50,000. But the company suspended withdrawals after April 27, while continuing to invest. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary of Ranchi was a victim of fraud. CID took the assistance of I4C in the investigation. It was then found that Manish Enterprises, Ghaziabad, created a fictitious proprietorship firm and committed this fraud. The CID revealed the fraud of 24 crores from 222 people across the country.