Just a few thousand rupees’ worth of reward points; that was the bait fraudsters used to siphon off more than ₹3.5 lakh from a Salt Lake resident’s bank account.
Nearly a year after the complaint was filed, the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police have arrested one accused in the case.
Who is Sunil Kumar Jais?
The arrested man has been identified as Sunil Kumar Jais, an Odisha native. Police have booked him under multiple sections, including cheating, criminal conspiracy, and breach of trust. Investigators are now probing whether more people were involved in the racket.
Police sources noted the incident dates back to March last year. Sabyasachi Nath, a resident of BD Block in Salt Lake, received an SMS on his phone. The message, sent in the name of a bank, contained a link promising “reward points worth several thousand rupees.”
Without verifying the source, Sabyasachi clicked on the link. As soon as he opened it, he received two one-time passwords (OTPs) from the bank. He entered both OTPs on the fraudulent webpage and that was enough for the scammers.
The money vanished almost instantly. But Sabyasachi didn’t notice it until a couple of days later. While logging into his net-banking account, he saw that over ₹3.5 lakh had been debited in two separate transactions.
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He immediately approached the police and lodged a complaint. Acting on the lead, an investigation was launched, ultimately leading the cybercrime team to Odisha, where Sunil Kumar Jais was picked up on Wednesday night.
On Thursday, Sunil was produced before the Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Court, where the judge ordered seven days of police custody.
