Youth Arrested For Impersonating As Bank Official

Hyderabad: Mahendra Kumar Mandal (19) was arrested by Cyber Crime police on Thursday for duping people and collecting their debit cards by posing as a bank official. The accused is a mobile shop owner hailing from Jharkhand.

Police nabbed the culprit after a Bowenpally resident Ch. Shankar lodged a complaint of being cheated to the tune of Rs 1.69 lakh. The accused impersonated as the manager of Andhra Bank and collected debit card details and also the OTP that was sent to the victim’s mobile number.

“When the victim received the OTP on his mobile, Mahendra told him that was the pin number of his new debit card which will be sent to his residence,” official said.

The accused impersonated as the manager of Andhra Bank and collected debit card details and also the OTP that was sent to the victim’s mobile number

Mahendra has been doing such fraudulent case earlier too. After posing as bank official and taking their details he would transfer the amount from the victim’s account.

Later, he along with his accomplices would shell out the money for shopping in cities like Jharkhand and West Bengal.