Kerala police arrest school teacher from West Bengal in Rs 1.05 crore cyber fraud case

KOCHI: Kerala Police have arrested a 54-year-old school teacher from West Bengal in connection with a cyber fraud case where a company based in Kochi’s Infopark lost over Rs 1 crore last year.

The accused, Sulapa Mishra Chatterjee, hails from Jhalda Village in Purulia district and was employed at a government girls’ high school in her locality.

The incident occurred in October last year when the company was duped into transferring Rs 1.05 crore to a fraudster impersonating an officer of another company supplying raw materials.