New Delhi: The cyber team of Dwarka District Police has taken major action against a gang that is committing cyber fraud by showing people the dream of high profits in the name of investment on social media. On the basis of technical and financial investigation, the team of Cyber Police Station Dwarka has raided Noida Sector-137 in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh and arrested three accused. Police have recovered 40 mobile phones, 146 SIM cards, 86 debit cards, three laptops, 28 check books, 18 passbook welcome letters, three passports, Rs 1.09 lakh in cash and a Wi-Fi router from the possession of the accused.
This action was taken under the direction of DCP Dwarka District Kushal Pal Singh under the campaign against cyber crime. The case e-FIR number 485/2026 dated July 19, 2026 was registered at Cyber Police Station Dwarka under relevant sections of the Indian Judicial Code.
The game of fraud started with social media advertising
The case started with the complaint of a woman resident of Dwarka Sector-16. According to the complaint, while using social media in June 2026, he saw an advertisement and link related to investment. After clicking on the link, he was added to a Telegram group called “Funds Invest”. The group allegedly lured investors with stock market investment tips and extraordinary profits. After this, one of the accused contacted the woman through WhatsApp and gave information about different investment schemes and asked her to deposit the money in her bank accounts. Falling for the trap, the woman sent Rs 3 lakh on July 16 and then Rs 2.5 lakh on July 19 to the mentioned bank accounts. In this way a total of Rs 5.50 lakh was transferred to the accounts provided by the accused.
Road to Noida opened from bank account
After the case was registered, the cyber police started analyzing bank accounts, mobile numbers and technical clues. During the investigation, the beneficiary of the DCB bank account was accessed. Combining technical and financial clues, the police team reached a residential society located in Sector-137, Noida. Police raided the spot and arrested Piyush Bala Bharat ji. Poojari and Suraj Kumar were arrested. During the search, a large number of mobile phone SIM cards, debit cards and banking documents were recovered. Police are now examining the recovered digital devices and banking documents.
Instagram contacts, full bank accounts game
During interrogation, the accused reportedly told that they had come in contact with other accused through Instagram. According to the police, the accused were involved in the work related to login and payment verification of bank accounts and used to provide mobile phones, passbooks, checkbooks, welcome kits, ATM/debit cards and SIM cards. Police say that after examining the recovered items, their links are being linked to bank accounts, mobile numbers, online conversations and suspicious transactions. During the investigation, six NCRP complaints filed in different states were also discovered. These complaints relate to Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka and mention fraud of around Rs 4 lakh.
Who did what?
According to police, 28-year-old Piyush Bala, resident of Jaitpur, Delhi, worked as the team head in the gang and collected bank details, login information, SIM cards, passbooks and debit cards. 32 year old Bharat ji. Poojary, a resident of Udupi, Karnataka, used to capture bank details in the mobile phone and transmit them to the co-accused. Suraj Kumar, 24, resident of Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, used to prepare the transaction summary and send it to other co-accused.
Digital cache from 40 mobiles to 146 SIMs seized by police
In the raid, police recovered 40 mobile phones, 146 SIM cards, 86 debit cards, three laptops, 28 check books, 18 passbooks/welcome letters, three passports, Rs 1,09,200 in cash and a Wi-Fi router. The police are investigating the entire network of the gang by linking all these items with digital and financial evidence. The police team is now busy identifying other suspects associated with the recovered bank accounts and digital devices and linking the entire transaction of the alleged defrauded amount. Further investigation in the case is going on and the absconding associates are being searched.
action team
The action was carried out under the supervision of SI Vijay Kumar, Head Constable Manoj Kumar, Head Constable Sumit Kumar and Head Constable Shri Ram, Inspector Sandeep Tushir, SHO Cyber Police Station, under the supervision of ACP Operation Subhash Malik and under the overall direction of DCP Dwarka District Kushal Pal Singh IPS.