Mumbai Police arrest software developer from Madhya Pradesh for cyber fraud

By The Hindu Staff

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The Mumbai Police have arrested a 36-year-old software developer from Madhya Pradesh for allegedly developing and supplying malicious APK files to cyber fraudsters across the country, with police linking the applications to the defrauding of at least 9,673 people across India.

A case was registered at the Byculla police station under Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act. The investigation was subsequently taken over by the Property Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch.

The arrest came during the investigation of a case involving a 72-year-old senior citizen from Mumbai, who was allegedly duped of ₹5.62 lakh after being made to download a malicious application named “Senior Citizen Card Verification.apk”.

Senior citizen card

According to the police, the victim received a phone call on August 13 from a person posing as Dinesh Kumar, a relationship manager with Bank of India. The caller allegedly told him that a Senior Citizen Card had to be generated and sent him the APK file. After the victim downloaded the application and entered his personal and debit card details, ₹5.62 lakh was fraudulently transferred from his account. A case was subsequently registered at the Matunga police station.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 5, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

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