10 arrested for swiping off Rs 16.5L from TN man’s account

Surat: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) arrested 10 persons from the city in connection with a cyberfraud case registered by the Coimbatore cybercrime police in Tamil Nadu. The accused were allegedly involved in cheating a senior citizen of Rs 16.50 lakh.Police said the accused allowed their credit cards and bank accounts to be used to route the fraud proceeds and received the money as payments against their credit card bills.According to investigators, the Coimbatore man received a fraudulent RTO challan APK file on his mobile phone on Sept 9, 2025. After downloading the file, cybercriminals gained remote access to his phone and broke his fixed deposit of Rs 16.50 lakh. The amount was then transferred to accounts linked to the accused.A DCB officer said the accused led a lavish lifestyle funded by credit cards, each having credit limits ranging between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 7 lakh, which were largely exhausted. To manage their dues, the cybercriminals lured them by offering to clear their credit card bills in exchange for a 2% commission. Tempted by the offer, the accused allowed the fraudsters to make the payments, after which they returned the money after deducting the commission.Those arrested have been identified as Rajni Bhadaliya, Vishwas Radadiya, Savan Radadiya, Vijay Gohil, Jitendra Singh Rathod, Mahendra Singh Girase, Miral Chovatiya, Kapil Dhodre, Meet Chovatiya, and Chandan Pal.The DCB police have handed over all the accused to the Coimbatore police, where the case was registered on Sept 12, 2025, under BNS Section 318(4) and Section 66(d) of the Information Technology Act.