Team Goemkarponn
Panaji: Cyber Crime Police Station Goa has arrested a Gujarat-based accused in connection with a major cyber fraud case involving ₹7.72 lakh siphoned off from a complainant’s bank account.
The offence was registered on September 9, 2025, under Crime No. 30/2025, invoking Sections 318(4), 319(2) read with 3(5) of the BNS Act 2023 and Section 66-D of the IT Act, based on a complaint filed by a resident of Bandora, Ponda.
Police said that on May 21, 2025, the accused, along with others, allegedly sent a fraudulent bank message containing a suspicious APK file to the complainant. After the file was installed, the victim’s mobile phone was locked and unauthorized transactions amounting to ₹7,72,000 were made from his account at Bank of Maharashtra to accounts linked to the accused.
Following a detailed technical and financial probe, the suspect was traced to Netrang in Bharuch district of Gujarat. A police team led by PSI Manesh Dabale and PC Sunil Renati, under the supervision of SP Rahul Gupta, IPS, ASP B.V. Shridevi, IPS, and PI Deepak Pednekar, arrested Manojbhai Bhimbhai Vasava, a resident of Tekara Faliyu, Kantipada, Netrang, Bharuch, Gujarat.
During investigation, it was revealed that ₹4,00,000 was credited to the accused’s bank account at the first layer, which was subsequently routed to multiple accounts of his associates.
The arrested accused was produced before the court and remanded to police custody. Further investigation is in progress under PI Deepak Pednekar of Cyber Crime Police Station, Goa.
