Police recovers ₹1.64 lakh, hands it over to cybercrime victim | #cybercrime | #infosec

Superintendent of Police (SP) K. Pratap Shiva Kishore recovered ₹1.64 lakh and handed it over to a cybercrime victim, Prathipati Srinivas Rao, of Kaikalur in Eluru district on Monday.

A native of Taamarakollu village in Kaikalur mandal, Mr. Srinivas Rao, clicked a link on his mobile phone on May 13, 2025. Within no time, the cyber fraudsters drew ₹1.64 lakh from his account. Following this, Mr. Srinivas Rao approached the bank and froze his account. He then registered a complaint at the Kaikalur Town police station.

On Mr. Srinivas Rao’s complaint, the Kaikalur Circle Inspector (CI) Krishna swung into action and alerted the cybercrime wing officers, who tracked the complainants bank transactions. They recovered the amount from the accounts of the accused, said Eluru Deputy Superintendent of Police (SP) D. Sravan Kumar.

The SP appealed to the public not to click on unknown links, respond to suspicious calls, messages and OTPs, and dial 1930, if they received calls or links from the fraudsters or lost money from their accounts. “If the victims approach the police and the bank officials immediately, investigation officers will respond quickly, get more leads related to the offence and can detect the online frauds,” Mr. Pratap Shiva Kishore said.