A 26-year-old man has been arrested by Mumbai Cyber Cell (West region) from Andhra Pradesh in connection with a loan app scam, for allegedly making calls to borrowers and harassing them. The accused was arrested on Sunday in a case registered earlier this year wherein the borrower took Rs 3.85 lakh loan but paid Rs 15 lakh. The arrested accused also led cops to a mini call centre operating from Karnataka where five-six people have been detained.

The arrested accused has been identified as Jayesh Reddy. “His job was to make calls for loan recovery and he was also tasked with sending messages and morphed images to borrowers,” said an officer from Mumbai Cyber Cell.