*Date: 07.04.2026 Dehradun, Uttarakhand*
*Uttarakhand STF’s Cyber Crime Dehradun Team takes major action – Arrests accused of cyber fraud in the name of pension update from West Bengal.*
*Cyber criminals defrauded the plaintiff, a retired bank employee, of Rs. 10 lakh through a call in the name of pension update.*
Under the Chief Minister, Uttarakhand’s mission to keep Devbhoomi Uttarakhand crime-free, under the guidance of Director General of Police, Uttarakhand, Deepam Seth, Ajay Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, STF Uttarakhand has issued instructions to provide speedy justice to the victims of cyber crime and to take effective action against the cyber criminals involved in the criminal incident.
Senior Superintendent of Police, STF, Ajay Singh, stated that in this case, cyber criminals called the plaintiff, a resident of Dehradun district, posing as State Bank of India officials, and allegedly deposited money into various bank accounts under the guise of updating the plaintiff’s pension, resulting in a total fraud of ₹10 lakh. A case, FIR No. 26/2023, under sections 420, 120B of the Indian Penal Code, and 66D of the IT Act, has been registered at the Dehradun Cyber Police Station.
In view of the seriousness of the case, under the guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police, STF, Ajay Singh, the investigating officer was given necessary guidance for the successful disposal of the case.
During the investigation, it was found that accused Jiten Prajapati, along with his associates, had requested HRMS details from the plaintiff to update his pension and asked him to log into his YONO (SBI) account. ₹10 lakh was fraudulently transferred from the plaintiff’s account to various bank accounts in two installments. ₹5 lakh of the fraud committed against the complainant was credited to the account of the aforementioned accused. In this connection, the accused, Jeeten Pratap, was arrested by the Cyber Crime Police Team, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, from Baranagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, and is being brought back to Uttarakhand from West Bengal after legal proceedings. It is noteworthy that one accused has already been arrested in the above case.
**Arrested Accused**
Jeeten Pratap, son of Sardev Prasad, resident of Baranagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, age 31.
*Items Recovered:*
1. Mobile number provided for opening the bank account.
*Police Team:*
1. Inspector Tribhuvan Rautla
2. Additional Sub-Inspector Suresh Kumar
3. Additional Sub-Inspector Sumer Singh
4. Technical Team Cyber/STF.
Senior Superintendent of Police, STF, Ajay Singh has appealed to the public:
• Do not engage in video calls from unknown numbers and do not share any personal information/documents.
• Do not invest in fake investment offers, money doubling schemes, or YouTube/Telegram-based schemes.
• Avoid searching customer care numbers on Google and calling directly.
In case of financial cybercrime, immediately report a complaint to the 1930 helpline or the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.