One held for misusing dead person’s SIM to steal Rs 20 Lakh

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has arrested a man for allegedly misusing a dead person’s SIM card to siphon off Rs 20.18 lakh.

According to cops, the accused, Mohammad Asif Pasha, along with Jahangir a colleague of Md Samiuddin, a retired superintendent from the Irrigation department, who passed away in 2022 hatched a plan to siphon off money from the deceased’s bank accounts.