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2 arrested from Jamtara for defrauding prof

29-Jan-2022
Kolkata Jan 28 PTI Two persons were arrested from Jamtara in Jharkhand for their alleged involvement in siphoning off over Rs 35 lakh from the bank account of a professor of Rabindra Bharati University a senior police official said on Friday Acting on the complaint of the professor lodged with Shakespeare Sarani police station on January 13 police conducted a probe and found the two to be allegedly involved in the cyber crime he said The accused persons contacted the complainant over phone and managed to procure the confidential information of her bank accounts and siphoned off Rs 360 lakh using mobile banking he said Withdrawal of Rs 240 lakh by them could be blocked the official said Police found that the money was transferred from the complainants account using a payment gateway Subsequently the money was transferred to different bank accounts Investigation revealed that a good portion of the defrauded amount was transferred to the bank account of one of the two accused persons He had withdrawn some money and handed it over to the other accused he said Both were sent to police custody till February 8 when produced before a city court on Friday PTI SCH KK KK KK
29-Jan-2022 National
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