Guwahati: Police in Assam’s Morigaon district have arrested three alleged cybercriminals for allegedly cheating banks and financial institutions of lakhs of rupees by availing loans using forged documents, officials said on Sunday.
Morigaon Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Samiran Baishya said the accused had been under the police scanner since last year, after a case was registered against them at Moirabari police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act.
Acting on specific inputs, police carried out a targeted operation and arrested the trio from their respective residences on Saturday night, Baishya said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused allegedly created fake documents in the names of multiple individuals to fraudulently secure loans amounting to several lakhs of rupees from banks and other financial institutions.
The ASP said the involvement of the three came to light during the interrogation of other suspects arrested earlier in similar cyber fraud cases.
Further investigation is underway to ascertain the full extent of the racket and identify additional links.
