Two held for fraudulently withdrawing money at ATM in Navi Mumbai

Two men have been arrested for allegedly targeting senior citizens at ATM centres in Navi Mumbai of Maharashtra and fraudulently withdrawing money from their accounts under the pretext of offering help police said on Tuesday reported the PTIThese incidents were reported from various nodes of Navi Mumbai and Thane district of Maharashtra the police saidThe accused identified as Sayyen Kamluddin Khan 34 and Mohammad Shaban Ilias Khan 44 were nabbed by officials of crime unit II of Panvel on Sunday the Navi Mumbai Police stated in an official release as per the PTIThe police had received a complaint from a senior citizen that he was cheated of Rs 1 lakh at an ATM kiosk in Kamothe area the news agency reported on TuesdayPolice scrutinised CCTV footage and monitored suspicious activities at ATM kiosks The breakthrough came when they identified the vehicle of the suspects and subsequently apprehended them as per the release according to the PTIThe police recovered Rs 80000 and a car from the duo during the investigationThey used to target senior citizens at ATM kiosks under the pretext of helping them in the withdrawal of money They would replace original debit cards and use them for withdrawing money as per the release as per the PTIThe police in Kamothe are conducting further investigationMeanwhile in an another incident the Thane Police in Maharashtra have arrested a senior official of a prominent private bank along with its retired staffer for allegedly conning a man from Thane district into paying Rs 33 lakh on the pretext of share trading an official said on Tuesday reported the PTIThe arrest was made by officials of the cyber wing of the Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra last week he said as per the PTIA serving senior official and former employee both from the Ulhasnagar branch of a private bank were arrested for the crime senior inspector Gajanan Kadam of the Cyber police station said according to the PTIThe accused lured the victim into investing money into share trading by promising him good returns he saidThey made the victim pay Rs 3305023 through online mode Later when the victim sought his invested amount along with returns they gave evasive answers Following that a case was registered he said the news agency reportedwith PTI inputs