Hyderabad, April 29 -- A 31-year-old man was arrested by the Sultan Bazar Police on Tuesday, April 28, for allegedly duping people who had come to deposit money at ATMs.

The accused has been identified as Intipalli Rama Rao, a native of Andhra Pradesh who currently resides in a dormitory at Jubilee Bus Station.

According to the police, the accused would approach people who had come to deposit money in the ATMs, win their trust through polite conversation and then take their cash, promising to send an equivalent amount through National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT).

The accused would then send a fake transaction message to the victims and tell them that it would take an hour to receive the money before fleeing from the spot.

The mat...