<p>New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested a 24-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly duping senior citizens on the pretext of updating their KYC details, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Malya Das was wanted in a 2021 case, registered in Delhi, involving an online fraud of over Rs 1.5 lakh. He had been evading arrest for nearly four years, he said.</p>.<p>"In 2021, a woman lodged a complaint on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal, alleging that her grandfather had received a message warning that his SIM would be blocked unless his e-KYC was updated," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel in a statement said.</p>.<p>When the elderly man called the number provided in the SMS, he was sent a link that installed an application on his phone, giving the fraudsters access to incoming OTPs and facilitating the siphoning of Rs 1.5 lakh from his account, he said.</p>.Delhi businesses will no longer need police licence for running operations.<p>A case was registered at Kishangarh police station and later transferred to the Cyber police station in October 2024, the DCP said.</p>.<p>During investigation, police tracked the money trail and found that Rs 1 lakh from the defrauded amount had been routed through online gaming web using two dummy accounts and later redeemed to a bank account held by Das.</p>.<p>"The funds were then withdrawn via ATMs," said the DCP, adding that despite multiple raids at his West Bengal address, the accused remained absconding.</p>.<p>Non-bailable warrants were obtained and fresh raids led to his arrest from the Keshiary area of West Medinipur.</p>.<p>On interrogation, Das revealed he had also been involved in another cheating case registered in Kolkata and had been in judicial custody there in 2022.</p>.<p>The accused, who dropped out after two years of a diploma in mechanical engineering, used his bank account to launder the proceeds and Rs 27 lakh had been routed through the account in total.</p>.<p>Das, along with an associate identified as Toofan, allegedly used a strategy of circulating money through online gaming platforms to break the money trail, police said. Efforts are underway to apprehend the co-accused, police said.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested a 24-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly duping senior citizens on the pretext of updating their KYC details, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Malya Das was wanted in a 2021 case, registered in Delhi, involving an online fraud of over Rs 1.5 lakh. He had been evading arrest for nearly four years, he said.</p>.<p>"In 2021, a woman lodged a complaint on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal, alleging that her grandfather had received a message warning that his SIM would be blocked unless his e-KYC was updated," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel in a statement said.</p>.<p>When the elderly man called the number provided in the SMS, he was sent a link that installed an application on his phone, giving the fraudsters access to incoming OTPs and facilitating the siphoning of Rs 1.5 lakh from his account, he said.</p>.Delhi businesses will no longer need police licence for running operations.<p>A case was registered at Kishangarh police station and later transferred to the Cyber police station in October 2024, the DCP said.</p>.<p>During investigation, police tracked the money trail and found that Rs 1 lakh from the defrauded amount had been routed through online gaming web using two dummy accounts and later redeemed to a bank account held by Das.</p>.<p>"The funds were then withdrawn via ATMs," said the DCP, adding that despite multiple raids at his West Bengal address, the accused remained absconding.</p>.<p>Non-bailable warrants were obtained and fresh raids led to his arrest from the Keshiary area of West Medinipur.</p>.<p>On interrogation, Das revealed he had also been involved in another cheating case registered in Kolkata and had been in judicial custody there in 2022.</p>.<p>The accused, who dropped out after two years of a diploma in mechanical engineering, used his bank account to launder the proceeds and Rs 27 lakh had been routed through the account in total.</p>.<p>Das, along with an associate identified as Toofan, allegedly used a strategy of circulating money through online gaming platforms to break the money trail, police said. Efforts are underway to apprehend the co-accused, police said.</p>