India, Oct. 24 -- A Malad textile merchant was allegedly conned out of Rs.26.5 lakh after cybercriminals posing as police officers threatened to arrest him by falsely linking him to a terror attack accused. The cyber cell of the north regional division has arrested a father and son for allegedly providing the fraudsters with a bank account through which the money was routed.

The accused, Atul Sudam Gaikwad, 48, and Vineet Atul Gaikwad, 24, were produced before a local court in Borivali and remanded to police custody. Police said the account was opened in the name of a fictitious company, with Atul, his wife and son listed as directors.

The victim, 55-year-old Dhanesh Ramanlal Shah, runs Shraddha Garments and lives in Malad. According to...