Telangana youth in CB net for duping retired doctor of Rs 1 crore in Odisha

CUTTACK: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Thursday apprehended a cyber fraud from Telangana for allegedly duping a Berhampur-based senior citizen of Rs 1 crore through the ‘digital arrest’ scam. The accused, 33-year-old Abdul Saleem, is a resident of Yellammagutta in Nizamabad of Telangana.

Sources said complainant Ashok Kumar Behera (69 ), a retired doctor, lodged a complaint on June 7 alleging that scammers impersonating as TRAI and police officials from the Mumbai cyber crime division called him and and asked him about an unknown mobile number linked to his Aadhaar card.