Cyberabad cops crack ‘digital arrest’ cases, nab two persons from Tamil Nadu, gang from Kerala

The accused from TN extorted Rs 1.3 crore from a retired engineer, while the gang from Kerala conned another retiree of Rs 28 lakh

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad cybercrime police solved the ‘Digital Arrest’ fraud cases and arrested two persons from Tamil Nadu and another gang operating from Kerala.

In the first instance, the police arrested two from Tamil Nadu for allegedly extorting Rs 1.3 crore from a retired engineer, on Friday.

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The arrested persons were Sankar Ganesh Adaikkalam and Elanchezhiyan Sathiyavel, both bank account suppliers from Tamil Nadu. Other suspects absconding suspects were Jesmin Mondal, Sachin, Muthu Kumar, and Mohd Saleem.

According to the police, the arrested duo colluded with other suspects by exerting pressure on an 80-year-old victim posing as bank and police officials and extorted Rs 1.3 crore over a while. Following a complaint, the cybercrime team traced the funds to several bank accounts linked to the suspects.

The scam was orchestrated by Sachin, Muthu Kumar, and Saleem, who posed as law enforcement officers to trick victims into transferring large sums of money. Efforts were on to nab the absconding suspects.

In another case, a Kerala gang that extorted Rs 28 lakh from a retired employee from the city, was nabbed. The arrested suspects were Mustafa, Hensily Joseph, V P Manikandan, Hamza, and Ashif Ali, all from Malappuram district in Kerala.