Overview
- Cyberabad’s cyber crimes unit arrested six suspects in West Bengal on transit warrants and a court remanded them to judicial custody.
- The accused are Selim Mondal, Abdul Alim SK (alias Mittu), Saiyad Hasim Reza (alias Tippu), Mijanur Rahaman Shaik, Bansidhar and Mehebub Alam Ansari.
- Investigators say callers posed as Citibank Prestige Credit Card staff and claimed Department of Telecommunications checks to get victims to switch e‑SIMs to physical SIMs and use devices sent by courier.
- Once victims inserted their SIMs into those preloaded phones, one‑time passwords and bank alerts routed to the gang, enabling unauthorized access and online transfers totaling about ₹77.75 lakh.
- Police recovered ₹15 lakh from residences and seized phones, a laptop, SIM cards, Citibank labels, Motorola stickers and an AUX voice transmitter cable, and they urged the public not to share OTPs or use unverified devices as the probe continues.