Rupees 19.5 lakh saved from cyber crime in ICICI bank

The cyber crime unit of the city police here prevented the transfer of Rs 19.50 lakh to online fraudsters in two separate cases through timely intervention with the help of bank account officials. Both the cases pertain to ICICI Bank from two separate branches.

In the first instance on October 9, Sri Sadula Srinivas, a resident of Warisguda in Hyderabad went to ICICI Bank to transfer an amount of Rs 9 lakh in the account of



the accused or the online scamster. The deputy manager of the bank became suspicious and alerted head constable Feroz of the Hyderabad police’s cyber crime unit.

The cop and bank officials then counseled the victim and stopped him from making the payment to the scammer’s account. The victim had already paid ₹3,00,000 to the fraudsters earlier, and Feroz further advised him to report the incident to the cyber crime unit.