Hyderabad, May 16 -- Six individuals were arrested by the Cyberabad cybercrime police in relation to a Rs 77 lakh fraud involving SIM card manipulation and OTP diversion, police said on Saturday, May 16.

The accused have been identified as Selim Mondal, Abdul Alim, Saiyad Hasim Reza, Mijanur Rahaman Shaik, Bansidhar and Mehebub Alam Ansary.

According to the police, the accused impersonated officials of Citibank Prestige Credit Card Division and induced victims to convert e-SIMs into physical SIM cards under the pretext of Department of Telecom verification.

They dispatched mobile devices containing malicious applications to the victims through courier services. Victims inserted SIM cards into the devices and their OTPs and banking aler...