Rs 2,500 cr cyber fraud in Gujarat: 3 officials of private banks arrested; 20 held so far

RAJKOT: (Apr 21) Three officials of leading private banks have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a Rs 2,500-crore cyber fraud in Gujarat's Rajkot district, raising the number of those held in the case to 20, police said.

So far, police have identified 85 bank accounts linked to the racket, with 535 complaints filed on the cybercrime portal.

Those arrested have been identified as Maulik Kamani, a personal manager at Yes Bank in Padadhari; Kalpesh Dangariya, a manager at Axis Bank in Jamnagar; and Anurag Baldha, a personal banker with HDFC Bank, Rajkot (Rural) Superintendent of Police Vijay Gurjar said on Monday.