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The Times of India
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Mateen Hafeez | TNN

Mumbai: Cyber fraudster arrested within 2 hours of lodging FIR

MUMBAI: In a rarity, the Mumbai Police arrested a cyber fraudster within two hours of registering the FIR. The complainant, who is into metal business, had spoken to a ‘bank employee’ about some problem in his online transaction. Later, he shared his bank account details and OTP to the bank employee to solve the problem but ended up losing Rs 9.5 lakh from his account.

The FIR was registered at the V P Road police station on Tuesday and within two hours police arrested Dattaram Solanki (43), a Khar resident. Following this development, police arrested three more persons; a bank employee Vijay Ghadge (29), and two real estate agents, Nilofar Saifi (36) and Naresh Pawar (42). All accused are in police custody.

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