Chandigarh, August 23: Two men were arrested in Delhi in connection with an alleged cyber fraud in which a Chandigarh resident lost ₹85,000 from his ICICI Bank account, cybercrime police said on Saturday.
The accused, identified as Manohar, 30, and Ankit Gupta, 20, were arrested following technical and field investigations into the case. Police said ₹45,000 of the allegedly fraudulently obtained amount was credited to a Federal Bank account linked to Manohar, while ₹40,000 went to an SBI account allegedly belonging to Gupta. The money was subsequently withdrawn through an ATM.
The case was registered at the Cybercrime Police Station on May 8 after the complainant reported that ₹85,000 had been debited from his bank account through UPI.
According to investigators, the fraud was allegedly carried out after the complainant received an APK file on his mobile phone. Police said the device was compromised after the victim installed the file, enabling the accused to carry out the transactions.
A police team later traced the suspected beneficiaries through technical investigation and conducted a raid in Delhi, resulting in the arrests. Two mobile phones and an ATM card were recovered from the accused, officials said.
“During interrogation, the accused allegedly disclosed that another person was also involved in the crime,” police said.
The court initially granted one-day police remand of both accused. After the remand period ended, Manohar and Gupta were sent to judicial custody.
Police have invoked Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in the case, relating to cheating, cheating by personation, forgery, forged electronic records and criminal conspiracy.
