Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police on Saturday arrested three engineering students in connection with a digital arrest fraud case. The arrested students were K Hemanth Reddy and M Yeswanth Reddy, both natives of Nalgonda and M Tharun of Karkhana in Secunderabad. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cybercrimes, Dara Kavitha said the students were allegedly addicted to bad vices and lost money in fraud gaming sites, the police said. To recover the lost amount, they accepted an offer of unknown persons over WhatsApp to supply bank accounts on commission basis. Accordingly, they supplied more than 40 bank accounts online which were used in commission of cyber frauds, she explained. According to police, a complaint was received from a 57-year-old government employee from Dhoolpet in January 2025 stating that a call was received from a cyber fraudster who introduced himself as DCP. The caller stated that the complainant was involved in a money laundering case to the tune of Rs 2 crore in which they found his Aadhar card was used to open an account in a nationalized bank. The cyber fraudsters threatened the complainant that a warrant had been issued on him and had sent fake documents like arrest warrant, court permission and bank notices. Further, he instructed the complainant to send his complete savings details and asked to deposit money to accounts provided to them to resolve the issue. The victim transferred money from his bank account into the accused bank account. When they stopped contacting, the victim realized that it was a scam. In total, he suffered a financial loss of Rs.6.50 lakh. Based on the complaint, a case has been registered under various provisions of IT Act and BNS and the accused was arrested. Explaining the modus operandi, the police said the fraudsters call victims from an unknown mobile number, claiming to be from the police department informing that a non-bailable arrest warrant has been issued in the name associated with money laundering. The caller threatens legal action and further informs that the police officials in uniform will contact them through video calls. The fraudsters intimidate and force to transfer money under the pretext of financial verification or to get bail.
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