Mumbai: A 25-year-old man has been arrested from Surat by North Region Cyber Police in connection with a Rs 21 lakh e-challan scam. Police said the accused received a portion of echanthe defrauded amount into his bank account. Investigators are looking for his associates.The complainant and his wife are based out of Malad. On Dec 1, during passbook updation at his local bank, the complainant discovered that Rs 11.33 lakh was debited from his bank account and Rs 10.39 lakh had been debited from his wife’s account, when these transactions had not been done by them. On inquiry, the bank manager pointed out that they could have been cheated in a cybercrime. The complainant then approached the police.It turned out that on Nov 17, he had received a text on his phone with an apk file named ‘RTO challan.’ He downloaded the file not realising that it was malicious. Through the malicious file, fraudsters gained access to the complainant and his wife’s bank account and transferred out their money. A police team supervised by joint commissioner Lakhmi Gautam, DCP Purushottam Karad and senior inspector Kiran Aher tracked down one of the benefeciaries of the defrauded amount to Surat. He was identified as Hardik Porda. He was produced before a local court in Mumbai and has been remanded in police custody till Jan 3.
