Online fraud: two from Mumbai in police net

The Pune police have arrested two persons from Mumbai in connection with an alleged online banking fraud of Rs 1.37 lakh following a complaint filed by Janani Bhaskar Iyer (42) of Rasta Peth at Samartha police station.

The Pune police have arrested two persons from Mumbai in connection with an alleged online banking fraud of Rs 1.37 lakh following a complaint filed by Janani Bhaskar Iyer (42) of Rasta Peth at Samartha police station.

The arrested are Afzalkhan Abdul Qayyum Khan (24) of Santacruz and Pradeep Vishnupad Datta (22) of Goregaon. Two other suspects Vijaydas of West Bengal and Bhavna Kapoor of New Delhi are yet to be arrested,said the police.

According to the police,Iyer and her husband hold a joint savings account in ICICI bank and have been doing the bank transactions through the Internet.

On November 20,2009,the four accused allegedly conspired and transferred money amounting to Rs 1.37 lakh from Iyers bank account to their accounts.

The FIR was registered on February 8 this year. The police team first arrested the Datta on April 4. He is now in magisterial custody. On April 14,Khan was arrested.

The police said of the money stolen through the fraud,Rs 42,000 was transferred into Khans bank account. He used the money for his personal use. Khan was produced at the city court on Thursday and was remanded to police custody for seven days. Police inspector B B Ingle of Samartha police station is investigating the case.

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