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MP News: In Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, police on Thursday busted a racket targeting Jan Dhan accounts and arrested three people.
MP News: In Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, police on Thursday busted a racket targeting Jan Dhan accounts and arrested three people. The gang withdrew approximately Rs 10 crore from several Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan (PMJD) accounts. A senior police officer said that the gang used the bank account of a dead person to transfer the crime proceeds. Betul Superintendent of Police Virendra Jain said that Bisram Ivane (40), resident of Khedi Sawaligarh under Kotwali police station, had recently gone to the bank to get his KYC done. During this time, he was surprised to see a transaction of about Rs 2 crore in his PMJD account.
Fraudsters changed the mobile number linked to the account
The SP said that after the victim Ivane lodged a written complaint in the Collector and SP offices, Cyber Cell Betul started investigation and found that around Rs 1.5 crore had been transferred from his account since June 2025. Investigation revealed that the fraudsters had withdrawn Rs 9,84,95,212 from the accounts of Bisram Ivane, Narmada Ivane, Mukesh Uike, Nitesh Uike, Rajesh Barde, Amol and Chandan in the same bank. Investigation found that the account of deceased Rajesh Barde was used for transactions of large sums of money. The Superintendent of Police said that the fraudsters changed the mobile number linked to the account and obtained a new ATM card. After this, started internet/mobile banking and received OTP. The Superintendent of Police said that a temporary employee responsible for updating passbooks in the bank colluded with the gang and gave them access to confidential information of customers.
Bank passbook, 7 check books, two laptops, router recovered
The SP said this made it possible to make unauthorized changes in documents, link mobile numbers, issue ATM cards and misuse of passbooks and checkbooks. The Superintendent of Police said that the accused prepared a complete kit for each account, which included linked SIM cards, ATM cards, passbooks and check books. During the raid, police seized 26 SIM cards, 21 ATM cards, Rs 28,000 in cash, 11 bank passbooks, seven check books, two POS machines, 69 ATM deposit slips (showing deposits of Rs 21 lakh), deposit slips worth Rs 48,000, two laptops, a router and four registers/diaries containing transaction records. Superintendent of Police said that Raja alias Ayush Chauhan (28), resident of Khedi (Savaligarh), Ankit Rajput (32) of Indore and Narendra Singh Rajput (24) of Indore were arrested in the case.
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