2 held in ATM card fraud case in Jharkhand

Two persons, alleged to be the member of an inter-state gang which withdraws money online wrongfully from other people's account have been arrested, police today said.
Taking cognisance of several complaints during last three months, district police has formed a task force headed by Additional SP (Operation) to look into the cases, SSP Amol V Homkar said.
The police swung into action after a woman complained that a caller impersonating himself as RBI officer has called on her mobile phone and asked to provide details about her bank account number, ATM card number as well as PIN number, he said.

The caller had cautioned the account holder that her bank account, ATM would be locked, if the necessary correction was not made immediately, the woman complained.
The woman claimed that a total Rs 10,000 had been withdrawn from her account in two transactions Rs 5000 each soon after she had provided him the details.
Following an investigation, police arrested one Rakesh Yadav, a call centre executive a Koderma district resident and Sajib Sikdar of Dhanbad, Homkar said, adding, the two were living here under Olidih police station area.
Three mobile phones along with SIM card including the one that was used to call Samapati have been seized, he said.

A case under section 66/66C/66B of IT Act, 2008 have been lodged against Yadav and Sikdara and a police team has left the city to conduct raid outside the state to apprehend the culprits involved, Homkar added.