Police arrest eight of cyber extortion gang posing as officers

Kanpur: A joint team of Sachendi Police and the cybercrime cell, west zone, in Kanpur arrested eight criminals involved in organised cybercrime for allegedly extorting money by posing as police officers and accusing people of watching pornographic content.The accused targeted victims across 14 districts, and complaints against them were registered on the NCRP portal from Neemuch, Ajmer, Bareilly, Moradabad, Firozabad, Siddharthnagar, Bijnor, Kanpur Nagar, Ghaziabad, Lucknow and Dehradun, among others.Police took action under a campaign run on the directions of the police commissioner, based on complaints received on the Pratibimb portal and NCRP. A case was registered against the accused at Sachendi police station under case No.

204/2026, sections 318(4)/111(2)/2 BNS and section 66D of the IT Act.The arrested accused were identified as Gorelal alias Suraj, Ram Ji alias Anand, Sandeep Singh, Awadhesh Singh, Abhishek Savita, Ramprakash, Abhishek Singh and Rinku. Police said all the accused were residents of Sachendi and surrounding areas.Police seized five mobile phones, two cheque books, two passbooks and two debit cards from their possession. Deputy commissioner of police, west, SM Kasim Abidi disclosed the case, and the team that busted the cyber gang was honoured by the deputy commissioner of police, west with a cash reward of Rs 25,000.