A cyber expert was on Monday arrested from Indore for allegedly withdrawing money from bank accounts of several persons after accessing their passwords using a mobile camera at various internet cafes in the region.

The accused, Dinesh Patidar, after getting access to a person's password and his mobile number when he used internet facility at the cafe, applied for issuance of duplicate SIM using fake address papers and seals of a police station in-charge, Dhar SP Rajesh Hingankar said.

After getting the same from the concerned mobile company, he used to withdraw money from the bank, he said. "So far, he has withdrawn Rs3-4 lakh with the help of this modus operandi," he said. He has admitted to withdrawing money from a number of banks in such a manner after getting details of password, virtual IP address and duplicate SIM, the SP said.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Patidar from Indore railway station and seized a laptop, 66 SIM cards, number of fake address proofs and three internet dongles among other things from his possession, he said.

Police acted in the matter based on a complaint of Ankit Jain of Dhar, after the accused withdrew Rs52,700 from his Union Bank account by procuring a duplicate SIM of his cell number with the help of bogus papers and also accessing his password.

The victim was operating his account through net-banking facility, the SP said. Further probe is on to get more details about the number of other accounts from which the accused had withdrawn money using the same modus-operandi, Hingankar said.