Rip-off Empire Falls: Husband-Spouse Duo Linked To 900 Cyber Fraud FIRs Arrested In Bengal | India Information
The police recognized the arrested couple, Shubhajit Ballav and Riya Haldar Ballav, who cheated over 900 individuals in a number of states, together with West Bengal.
The Cooch Behar police arrested the couple from a resort in Darbhanga metropolis of Bihar late Monday. They hailed from Ranaghat in Nadia district. Earlier, the couple was arrested as soon as by the cops of the Jangipur Police Station in Murshidabad district. Nevertheless, after getting bail, they resorted to dishonest once more.
On Tuesday, Cooch Behar District Superintendent of Police, Duteeman Bhattacharya, advised media individuals concerning the couple’s arrest. “Two instances have been filed within the Sahebganj and Tufanganj police stations of Cooch Behar. Whereas investigating the case, the husband and spouse have been arrested from a resort within the Darbhanga space of Bihar final night time. We introduced them to Cooch Behar on transit remand in the present day,” Bhattacharya added.
The police mentioned they used to commit fraud by focusing on customer support factors in entrance of assorted Border Safety Pressure (BSF) outposts close to the border.
The investigation revealed that the couple was committing cash fraud by focusing on individuals who got here to the Buyer Service Level (CSP) positioned close to the BSF Border Outpost (BOP). The fraudsters used to name them from unknown cellular numbers pretending to be BSF officers, firm commanders, or inspectors.
“They used to say that in the event that they despatched some cash, it will be returned in money or on fee. The victims later went to the BSF camp and realised that such an individual didn’t exist,” Bhattacharya mentioned.
After coming into Shubhajit’s telephone quantity on the Nationwide Crime Data Portal, it confirmed that 877 FIRs talked about that cellular quantity in 2024. There have been 68 instances in 2025. Out of those, 19 instances have been filed within the Cooch Behar district. And within the 68 instances of 2025, the couple is accused of dishonest the individuals of Rs. 48 lakh 15 thousand.
In response to police information, there are 183 instances registered towards them in Uttar Pradesh, 107 in Rajasthan, 77 in Telangana, 60 in Maharashtra, 55 in Delhi, 54 in Bihar, 49 in Tamil Nadu, and 43 in West Bengal. Other than this, 258 instances have been registered towards the couple within the totally different Union Territories.
