The Baleswar Cyber police arrested two fraudsters from Kolkata and forwarded them to court for siphoning off Rs 20 lakh from a person of the district.
Police nabbed the duo after the victim Sunil Kumar Parmanik, a resident of Jaydevkasaba village under the Chandipur police station, lodged a complaint that Rs 20 lakh was cleaned off from his bank account by unknown miscreants.
He stated in his FIR that responding to a call from an unknown person he had shared his bank details through WhatsApp to the caller who wanted to install a mobile tower of a company on a vacant land and approached him.
When he agreed to the offer, the fraudster sought the land records, bank account details, Aadhaar, PAN Card and signature. After supplementing information sought by the caller, he found Rs 20 lakh debited from his account.
Police tracing the mobile number apprehended the accused duo. The cops also ascertained that the accused was involved in similar frauds in other places, including in Assam.