Izazul Sheikh, who was brought here last night from Kolkata on a transit warrant, confessed to opening 31 accounts in different banks in Kolkata into which the "hacked" money was deposited, Additional DCP (Crime), Cyberabad, G Janaki Sharmila told PTI.
"He (Sheikh) does not know hacking, but those behind the act used to transfer the money into those accounts, which were opened by him in different names and enterprises through forged documents given by hackers, who also gave him a two per cent commission per transaction," she said.
A petition would be filed seeking his police custody for further interrogation to find out details about the accused "hackers", she said.
"We are verifying with various banks, where the forged accounts were opened, to know the fraudulently withdrawn amount. We will crack the case soon," she said.
Cyberabad police suspects that hackers may have opened Laxman's email account and sent a mail to the bank, requesting the manager to transfer Rs 10 lakh to an account opened in a nationalised bank at Salt Lake in Kolkata, in the name of a fictitious 'Galaxy Enterprises'.