Youth arrested for online fraud

February 10, 2017 12:27 am | Updated 12:27 am IST

A 19-year-old resident of Jamtara district in Jharkhand was arrested by the Cyber Crime police, Central Crime Station, for online fraud. The accused Mahendra Kumar Mandal had fraudulently obtained the debit card details of one Ch. Shankar, a resident of Bowenpally, and transferred Rs. 1.69 lakh to different bank accounts in Jharkhand and West Bengal, which was used to purchase goods at various places.

Held for cheating

A 40-year-old man was arrested by officials of the Central Crime Station (CCS) for cheating people promising jobs. B. Mallikarjuna Rao fooled many people and took money from them. He was arrested after one M. Krishna, a student, lodged a complaint against him on January 31, stating that he had given Rao ₹ 300 to find him a job, but the latter failed to do so. The accused was running a consultancy in the name of Medha Solutions at Dilsukhnagar.

Two chain-snatchers held

The Golconda and SR Nagar police arrested two chain-snatchers and recovered eight tolas of gold from them. Mohd. Talha Ahmed and Mohd. Shakeer, the accused, were involved in seven cases under different police station limits.

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