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The Tirunelveli City Cyber Crime Wing constabulary person recovered ₹41.50 lakh and returned the wealth to 2 cyber transgression victims.
Police said a stranger, who precocious contacted retired banker Natarajan of Perumalpuram implicit the phone, introduced himself arsenic ‘police officer’ and told him that helium had been nether ‘digital arrest’ successful transportation with alleged wealth laundering. He demanded ₹30 lakh to absolve him from the ‘case’. Panicked, Mr. Natarajan transferred ₹29.50 lakh to the relationship mentioned by the stranger.
As helium realised that helium had been defrauded, Mr. Natarajan filed a ailment with the Cyber Crime Wing of Tirunelveli City.
Similarly, elder national Rangarajan of Perumalpuram mislaid ₹15 lakh arsenic helium was besides defrauded by a alien successful the guise of ‘digital arrest’.
On getting complaints from them, the Cyber Crime Wing constabulary arrested 3 persons from Telengana – Thagaram Sai Siddharth, 26, of Khammam territory successful Telengana, his begetter Thagaram Srinivas and their subordinate Sai Kiran, 38 - and froze their accounts.
Subsequently, the constabulary recovered ₹12 lakh to beryllium handed implicit to Mr. Rangarajan and ₹29.50 lakh to Mr. Natarajan.
