Delhi man arrested for ATM fraud in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: Maninagar police has arrested a Delhi man, who was part of the gang, which allegedly withdrew money from ATMs in various areas of the city without the machines registering their withdrawals.
Arjun Rana was arrested on Thursday by Maninagar police.
Maninagar police said there are many like Rana who are working for the Nigerian gang involved in online frauds and hacking of bank accouts.
Inspector SM Patel of Maninagar police station said that on January 27 the fruadsters tried to siphon off a total of Rs 30 lakh from the bank account of a co-operative bank.
"Fortunately, the manager of the bank noticed the transaction and immediately informed the Khanpur branch of the bank to stop payment. The bank then stopped the payment," added Inspector Patel.
Police sources said with the help of cyber cell they tracked the bank account and arrested Rana, who has confessed before them that he was working for the Nigerian gang and there are many others who provide their bank account on commission to transfer the cheated amount.
Inspector Patel said they will be probing whether others are involved in the online fraud or not. "Our team is camping in Delhi to nab the kingpin of the gang who is supposed to be a Nigerian," added a police official.