Six men planning robbery arrested in Kapu; police find deadly weapons in car of arrested men
Kapu: Six people accused of planning to a robbery and also traveling in a car carrying deadly weapons were arrested by the Kapu Police on Saturday evening at Kothalakatte near here.
The accused men are identified as Amit Raj of Mulki, Prakash of Katipalla, Varun of Neermarga in Vamanjoor, Karthik Shetty of Surathkal, Abhishek of Katipalla, and Shrikanth Sripati of Farangipet. The Kapu Police have confiscated the weapons that the accused possessed as well as the men's car and chilli powder, among other things.
On Saturday evening, Circle Inspector Jayashri Mane ordered a car traveling on the stretch to stop at Udyavara, suspecting foul-play, but the men in the car accelerated rushing towards Kapu. Mane followed them in a police vehicle and also brought the matter to the notice of Kapu Police immediately, after which, Kapu Sub-inspector Abdul Khader followed the accused in another vehicle.
The men were intercepted in Kothalakatte and their vehicle checked at the point. On finding lethal weapons in the car, the Kapu Police arrested the six men in the car, said officers.
One of the arrested men has been identified as an accused in the murder of Faasil in Mangalapet of Surathkal two years ago.
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3 officials of private banks arrested in Gujarat in Rs 2,500 crore cyber fraud; 20 held so far
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.
