TIRUPATI: A Noida-based cyber criminal — who duped a Chittoor resident of Rs 20.22 lakh through fraudulent online transactions recently — was arrested by the Chittoor district police wing of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
The accused — identified as Shailendra Singh — was shifted from Noida to Chittoor on a transit warrant.
According to Chittoor police, VSM Sandeep Kishore, a resident of Durga Nagar locality in Chittoor, works as a senior assistant at the government general hospital at Chittoor.
He and his wife Latha have accounts at three different banks in Chittoor.
The duo who bought different insurance policies discontinued the premium payments due to financial stress.
An unidentified miscreant, posing as a Reserve Bank of India employee, lured Sandeep Kishore by claiming that he would help him in the renewal of his insurance policies and will also help in terms of getting Rs 35 lakh deposited to his bank accounts.
Sandeep Kishore — who fell prey to the online scamster — transferred Rs 20.22 lakh to 36 different bank accounts through 36 Google pay transactions.
And once the transfer was made, there was no response from the other end and it was here that the victim realized that he was duped by the scamsters.
Following a complaint lodged by the victim, a special team formed under the supervision of Chittoor deputy superintendent of police N Sudhakar Reddy, managed to arrest Shailendra Singh at Noida.
Police figured out during the course of the investigation that three-four different groups team up in executing such online frauds and have laid a hunt to nab the other accused who are at large.
