Instant loan app: Man held for attempt to defreeze bank accounts

The police seized Rs 2 lakh, debit cards, cheque books, mobile phones and a laptop.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police have arrested N Anil Kumar, the prime suspect in the case of a fraudulent attempt to de-freeze bank accounts seized in the instant loan app cases. The police seized Rs 2 lakh, debit cards, cheque books, mobile phones and a laptop.

Based on a complaint from the authorities of ICICI Bank, Gachibowli regarding an unidentified person impersonating as a cop from Kolkata and misrepresenting facts, preparing and submitting forged notices, all to prompt the bank into defreezing certain accounts that were earlier under a freeze order in the instant loan app case.

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During investigation, the beneficiary account holder, Anand Jannu from Begumpet, into whose bank account the total amount of Rs 1.18 crore was transferred was arrested. Based on Jannu’s confession, Anil Kumar was arrested from West Bengal and brought to Hyderabad on a prisoner transit warrant and produced before the court. Officials said Anil Kumar was earlier arrested by the Hyderabad Cybercrime police in a similar case in 2015 and was facing trial in the case.