The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has cracked a massive racket involved in opening ‘mule bank accounts’ that help cyber and financial fraudsters to park and operate their ill-gotten money.
The racket was active in tricking gullible villagers into opening bank accounts in tri-junction region of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
The STF conducted raids based on intelligence inputs and arrested Seikh Hapizul and Seikh Jangir of Odisha’s Balasore district and Seikh Jamiruddin of West Bengal’s West Medinapur district. During the raid, various incriminating materials such as mobile phones, pre-activated SIM Cards, bank passbooks and Aadhaar Cards were seized from their possession.
