Kerala man arrested for creating fake website in name of Metro Rail

Representational image

A man from Kerala has been arrested for allegedly creating a fake website in the name of Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL). The Cyber Crime Wing of the city police arresetd S Sreejith of Malappuram in Kerala yesterday, an offical release
here said today.

He "stole" design, information and photographs from the existing metro rail website to create a fake portal resembling the original one and even issued advertisements about job opportunities, it said. The action was taken based on a complaint from CMRL, it said, adding the man has been remanded to custody.

Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever