Hyderabad man nabbed in Rs.80 lakh 'digital arrest' case
Panchkula, May 5 -- District police arrested a member of a cyber fraud gang from Hyderabad for his role in a digital arrest scam that duped a Pinjore resident of over Rs.80 lakh. The accused, identified as Pathukar Murli Krishna, allegedly opened bank accounts in the name of a fake construction company to route the defrauded money. Another accused, Saurabh Kumar from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, had been arrested earlier, leading to key leads in the case.
According to the complaint, a 70-year-old retired supervisor from Pinjore was contacted by fraudsters posing as officials from the TRAI, CBI and Maharashtra Police. They falsely claimed that a SIM card linked to his Aadhaar was involved in money laundering and financial fraud. The victim was then "digitally arrested" and coerced into transferring Rs.80,09,500 in multiple instalments to bank accounts provided by the accused. The accused was produced before a court on Sunday....
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