Hyderabad: A three-member gang of cybercriminals, involved in duping a doctor from Jagtial district of 69 lakh in a trading fraud, was arrested by the Jagtial police from Jalandhar in Punjab. However, the main accused, Raju, is absconding.
Special teams investigating the case picked up the accused — Sumesh Kapoor, Rajeev Singh and Jitender Kumar — a few days ago from Jalandhar and took them to Jagtial for judicial remand. Police seized bank passbooks, debit cards, and other material from the trio. Meanwhile, the doctor also received a refund of 10 lakh and the remaining amount would be returned to him soon, police said.
Initially, a case was registered at the Metpally police station two months ago. Based on the payment details made by the doctor, police traced the bank accounts to Punjab and identified the account holder. Based on credible information, a team went to Punjab and picked up the trio.
Police said Kapoor was a loan agent, while the other two were working as sales managers at a poultry firm. Lured by another agent, Raju, Kapoor, with the help of the other two accused, opened a bank account in a fictitious construction firm's name and supplied the account details to Raju.
When the doctor fell into the trap, he transferred 24 lakh to Kapoor's account. They withdrew the amount and handed over the cash to Raju and, in turn, received 2 lakh cash as commission. The three were brought to Jagtial on a transit warrant and remanded to judicial custody, police said.