Amaravati: An occasion for celebration converted into one of shock and fear as a man reportedly an intruded a wedding ceremony here and stabbed the groom on the ‘mantap’ before escaping recently.

The videographer, along with his drone, followed the intruder as far as two kilometers, giving the families and guests a live footage of the scene after the crime.

The intruder, identified as Ragho Jitendra Bakshi, reportedly entered the wedding venue and stabbed the groom thrice before escaping from the venue. The videographer, who sprung to action, followed Bakshi with his drone. Bakshi is learned to have climbed on the motorbike of a second man who arrived at the scene. The videographer’s drone, in turn, followed them for a distance of two kilometers.

The footage of the drone is learned to have provided evidence, including identity of the intruder and the route he took to escape from the wedding venue, to the police investigating the case. Primary investigation has revealed that a minor clash regarding the DJ dance during the wedding celebrations led to the crime.

Further investigation is underway.

The injured groom, Sajalram Samudra (22), is being treated in hospital.

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Rajkot (PTI): Three officials of leading private banks were arrested for their alleged involvement in a Rs 2,500-crore cyber fraud racket in Gujarat's Rajkot district, bringing the number of those held so far in the case to 20, police said on Monday.

Those arrested were identified as Maulik Kamani, a personal manager at Yes Bank in Padadhari; Kalpesh Dangariya, a manager at Axis Bank in Jamnagar; and Anurag Baldha, a personal banker with HDFC Bank, Rajkot (Rural) Superintendent of Police Vijay Gurjar said.

Dangariya and Baldha were previously employed with Yes Bank, he added.

Kamani allegedly assisted the earlier arrested accused in opening and managing suspicious accounts. He also helped bypass banking alerts triggered by high-value transactions by submitting additional documentation to keep accounts active, the SP said.

Kamani was allegedly involved in cash withdrawals that were later routed through hawala channels (illegal money transfer system), supported by digital evidence recovered from his mobile device, he added.

Dangariya is accused of facilitating the opening of fraudulent accounts using fake or misrepresented identities, police said.

He also assisted in structuring documentation, including Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)-related papers, to prevent transactions from being flagged as suspicious, they said.

On the other hand, Baldha opened new accounts after verification and certification processes as part of the racket, Gurjar informed.

All the three accused are in police custody, while others are in jail under judicial remand, SP said.

So far, police have identified 85 bank accounts linked to the racket with 535 complaints filed on the cyber crime portal.

The total transaction linked to the cyber fraud exceeds Rs 2,500 crore, police said.

The earlier fraud amount was pegged by police at Rs 1,500 crore.