The Dindigul District Cyber Crime Police have arrested a man from Telangana in Delhi on the charge of defrauding a woman from Nilakottai to the tune of ₹17.25 lakh. She got acquainted with him through an online gaming application.

The police said the woman had downloaded the application ‘YoYo’ in 2024 to play ludo. Through the application’s chat room she got acquainted with a man who identified himself as Sumesh.

The man gained the trust of the woman and claimed that his family was in need of financial assistance. Believing his words, the woman transferred ₹17.25 lakh to the man through several instalments using digital payment system.

After receiving the amount, he stopped answering her phone calls. Realising that she had been scammed by him, the woman lodged a complaint with the Dindigul District Cyber ​​Crime Police.

Acting on the orders of Superintendent of Police S. Jeyakumar, the District Cyber ​​Crime Police registered a case and launched an investigation. An analysis of the bank accounts used for the transactions revealed that the man was Gangadhar from Karimnagar in ​​Telangana.

As he frequently travelled abroad, a Look-Out Circular was issued against him. Under these circumstances, Gangadhar who arrived at Delhi airport from Qatar on June 15 was detained by the airport police based on the look-out notice.

On receiving information, a special team from the Dindigul Cyber ​​Crime Police rushed to Delhi and arrested Gangadhar. He was brought to Dindigul and remanded in judicial custody.

Mr. Jeyakumar advised the public to remain vigilant. He said people could also lodge complaints through the cyber crime helpline 1930.