Police register cases after NCRP flags accounts; one account tied to complaints in seven districts
Aligarh Police have registered FIRs in connection with two bank accounts from the city after the accounts were flagged on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), officials said on Sunday. Investigators say funds allegedly obtained through online fraud in different parts of the country were routed into these accounts.
Authorities have moved to freeze both accounts and have asked the banks to furnish complete transaction records as part of the ongoing probe, police said. Notices have been issued to the account holders for questioning, the statement added.
Police said one of the accounts alone has been linked to complaints from seven different districts.
The first account under scrutiny is a Canara Bank account registered in the name of Babita Devi, wife of Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Haibatpur village in the Lodha area of Aligarh. Police records show that Babita Devi is currently staying at Rajiv Colony near Hali Chowk in Ballabhgarh, Haryana. The account was reportedly flagged after information was received via the NCRP, and police found that a cyber fraud complaint had earlier been registered against it at the Hinjewadi Police Station under the Pimpri-Chinchwad Police Commissionerate in Maharashtra. A notice has been issued to the account holder for questioning, the police said.
The second account identified during the exercise belongs to Avnish Kumar, son of Panna Singh, a resident of Nagla Dan Sahay in the Lodha area. Police said this account was also marked as suspicious on the NCRP, and that transfers into the account corresponded to proceeds allegedly derived from cyber fraud reported from several states.
According to the police, complaints connected with the account linked to Avnish Kumar have been lodged in multiple jurisdictions, including locations in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Specific complaints were said to have been registered at Dei Police Station in Bundi district and at Mandrella Police Station in Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan (two complaints), at Jaggaiahpet Police Station under the NTR Commissionerate in Andhra Pradesh, and at Shastri Nagar Police Station in Patna, Bihar. The filing at other stations and the total number of FIRs are being verified with concerned agencies, police added.
- Immediate action: Process to freeze both accounts has been initiated.
- Data collection: Banks have been instructed to provide full transaction histories.
- Questioning: Notices issued to the account holders for interrogation by investigators.
Officials emphasised the role of the NCRP as a centralised channel for reporting cybercrime complaints and said information received through the portal was being used to coordinate cross-jurisdictional enquiries. The use of local bank accounts to launder or pass on proceeds from online fraud has been a recurring pattern noted in recent cybercrime investigations, police said.
| Account holder | Declared residence | Noted nexus |
|---|---|---|
| Babita Devi | Haibatpur village; currently Rajiv Colony, Ballabhgarh (Haryana) | Complaint registered at Hinjewadi PS, Pimpri-Chinchwad (Maharashtra) |
| Avnish Kumar | Nagla Dan Sahay, Lodha area, Aligarh | Complaints across Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and UP |
Local residents and community leaders in the Lodha area said they had been informed by police about the operation; law-enforcement sources in Aligarh urged account holders and banks to cooperate fully to expedite the probe. The investigation remains active and officers said they were liaising with cyber cells and police units in other states to verify complaint details and trace funds.
Cyber fraud investigations that span multiple police jurisdictions typically require collation of bank records, call data and electronic payment trails. In this case, investigators said the next steps would include forensic examination of the transactions received in the flagged accounts and coordination with the agencies that originally lodged complaints on the NCRP.
Police gave no estimate of the total amount of money involved nor did they disclose whether any arrests had been made as of Sunday. Further developments are expected as banks complete the data-sharing process and as statements are recorded from the account holders and other persons of interest.
