On Sunday, on a tip-off Mangalore police raided a lodge and arrested the two and seized credit and debit cards of various banks, jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh and fake passports in the name of Gunaselvan. Both were residing in Bangalore for the last one year.
Based on their information police were searching the kingpin Jaykumar alias Kumar who was instrumental in arranging duplicate credit and debit cards.
On Tuesday, police searched houses in Indiranagar, Rammurthynagar, RT Nagar and Chandra Layout.
Extortion complaint
Hanumanthanagar police have registered a case against Sunil alias Onte Sunil for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from a theatre owner. Police sources said, Tulasi Theatre owner Subbarao Chouhan has lodged a complaint with the Hanumanthanagar police that he was being threatened by Sunil to pay Rs 10 lakh or face consequences.
No arrest has been reported so far.