6 arrested for sending threat emails to GB Nagar schools
NOIDA, Feb. 15 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested six members of an organised cybercrime syndicate that allegedly sent threat emails to schools in Noida and operated illegal online betting applications, officials said on Saturday.
According to police, the suspects were traced to Ghaziabad's Indirapuram during an investigation into an FIR registered at Cyber Crime police station on January 23, after schools in Gautam Budh Nagar received threat emails. Multiple electronic devices, fake identity documents, Nepali passports allegedly used in the operations were also seized, police said, adding that they were ascertaining the motive behind the threat emails.
The suspects were identified as Abish Jung Karki, Kedarnath and Lekhnath Sharma from Nepal; Anant Kumar from Agra in UP; and Sahil Kumar and Divyansh from Gopalganj in Bihar - all residents of Indirapuram.
STF officials said it was found that the threat emails originated from a Gmail account. Further technical analysis linked a recovery email ID associated with the account to locations in Bangladesh and India, officials said.
"We conducted technical analysis at the identified location, and found several individuals with a large number of electronic devices," additional SP (STF) Raj Kumar Mishra said.
"The STF also seized four laptops, 22 mobile phones, two Nepali passports, two forged Aadhaar cards, four PAN cards, one chequebook, 16 debit and credit cards, one Nepali voter ID card, one driving licence and Rs.19,500 in cash," Mishra said.
Police said the suspects confessed to running the betting applications, and further investigation remains underway....
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