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A Hyderabad woman, working at a private company, transferred Rs. 1.70 lakh after receiving WhatsApp messages from her superior’s number, believing them to be genuine, said cybercrime officials.

MLC Tatha Madhusudhan said that it was undemocratic that Telangana activist Dileep, who came to the cybercrime police station for questioning as per the orders of the court, was illegally arrested by the police.

The arrested person was identified as Sadakat Khan (37) from Sultanpur in UP. He was arrested on November 2 at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi while returning from Maldives, where he was taking shelter.

According to the Hyderabad Cybercrime police, the victim, aged around 55 years, was charged of involvement in money laundering and threatened of arrest by the fraudsters.

The suspects were identified as Naresh Shinde and Saurangh Shinde, both from Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

Under the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate limits, the cybercrimes incidence has increased by 24 per cent this year. Revealing this, the City Police Commissioner, CV Anand on Wednesday was candid in remarking that cyber-security was no longer just a policing duty.

A 52-year-old victim fell victim to fraudsters posing as stock brokers from the firm 'Lazardoovip.Top,' who lured him into online trading with promises of significant profits. He ended up transferring Rs. 1.22 crore to various bank accounts, only to later realize he had been conned.

On being interrogated, the couple confessed to committing the offence by creating fake profiles of girls on a website, Telugumatrimony.com, to make fast money

The fraudster called the person over WhatsApp video call and informed that a bank account was opened on his name and it was used for money laundering purpose.

The victim went to the bank, broke fixed deposits, mutual funds as well as savings and deposited the amount in the given account number through RTGS

"There is no system like digital arrest in the law, this is just fraud, deceit, lie, a gang of criminals and those who are doing this are enemies of the society," the PM cautioned

Putting the victim under fear that her mobile number was being misused by cyber fraudsters and thus she was also booked for a money laundering and would be arrested for the same, they made her transfer the money into their bank accounts.

According to the cybercrime police, the victim was lured by a WhatsApp message by the scammers who claimed to be executives of a company which specialized in enhancing the click-through rates of Instagram videos.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand appreciated the efforts and proactive response of the bank officials and cybercrime staff in preventing the fraud and saving the victims and felicitated them.

The cybercrime officials filed petition in the court and after the court orders the amounts were reverted to the account of the victims.

She was asked to join an online group for daily review rating tasks, where she got scammed.

The scammers obtained the victim's personal details and promised to provide an online job with daily payments.

The union minister said cybercrime has emerged as a major challenge and asked the IPS officer trainees to lead the endeavour to address the challenge with technical expertise.

“There is nothing like digital arrest in the law. If anybody tells you that you are digitally arrested, please report it to the cyber crime wing or the nearest police station immediately,” he advised

Victims of cyber frauds can report on the helpline number -1930 or through the national Cyber Crime reporting portal - cybercrime.gov.in.