Maharashtra man arrested in cyber fraud case in Adilabad
Police in Adilabad arrested a 25-year-old man from Maharashtra named Chaitanya Pramod, accused of defrauding a local resident of ₹73,279 by posing as a bank official in July this year. The accused, identified as Chaitanya Pramod from Akola district, was tracked down using evidence from the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and apprehended in Maharashtra.
According to the police, Pramod duped Prapul of Adilabad by pretending to be a bank official and asking to activate his credit card. Further investigation uncovered that Pramod was involved in cyber frauds totaling around ₹95.33 lakh across Telangana, Maharashtra, and Goa, having duped nearly 150 people by impersonating a bank official.
Adilabad Superintendent of Police Akhil Mahajan recently presented cash rewards to members of the police team for their diligent investigation leading to the arrest of the accused.
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