Prayagraj: Taking serious note of cyber crimes and fraudulent withdrawal of money from bank accounts of citizens, the Allahabad High Court has recently directed the Superintendent of Police (Cyber Cell), Lucknow to mention the number of FIRs registered in cyber fraud. directed to file affidavit. Efforts are being made to control the present status of investigation, amount of fraudulent withdrawal, amount recovered to the victim and such fraudulent activities within a year in the state.
Besides this, the Superintendent of Police (Crime/Cyber Cell) Prayagraj has also been directed to provide a complete chart mentioning similar details regarding online frauds committed in the district in the last one year.
Hearing a bail plea filed by Neeraj Mandal alias Rakesh, who was arrested for fraudulently withdrawing money from the bank account of a retired High Court judge, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav said, “It is an offense against the society. And the police officers are not making serious efforts to control such fraudulent activities.”
In the case of fraudulent withdrawal of money from the bank account of a retired High Court judge, an FIR was registered against the applicant Neeraj Mandal at the Cantt police station of Prayagraj on 8 December 2020. The court, after hearing the arguments of lawyers for both the sides, expressed dissatisfaction with the efforts being made by the police officers with regard to fraudulent withdrawal of money prevalent at the district as well as state level.
Making the above observations, the court directed the SPs (Cyber Cell), Lucknow and Prayagraj to file their individual affidavits in the matter and fixed July 9, 2021 as the next date of hearing. Apart from this, the court also directed SP (Cyber Cell), Prayagraj and SHO of Cantt police station to be present before the court on the next date. The court gave this decision on June 25.
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