The Avadi Cyber Crime Wing arrested three men from Telangana for allegedly providing bank accounts to online fraudsters in siphoning off ₹14.65 lakh from a pensioner’s bank account in Poonamallee.

The police said the victim, Natarajan, 67, of Poonamallee, had lodged a complaint stating that the pension amount in his Ujjivan Small Finance Bank account was fraudulently transferred to two different bank accounts without his knowledge. The accused allegedly added beneficiary accounts to his bank account without any OTP authentication and carried out the transactions.

Based on the complaint, the Avadi Cyber Crime Wing registered a case and launched an investigation. During the inquiry, the police identified the accused as Jangam Naveen Kumar, 28, Kotta Bhanu Prasad, 33, and Kattam Raghavendra, 34, all natives of Telangana.

The police found that the trio had opened bank accounts in their names and allegedly handed them over to online fraudsters in return for commission money. The accused were later remanded in judicial custody.