An alleged fraudster was arrested from Jharkhand for duping a city-based woman posing as a bank manager, the police said.
Acting on a complaint by Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (64) of Shambhu Chatterjee Street in Jorasanko, Kolkata Police yesterday arrested Rajendra Soren (21) from his residence in Jharkhand, a senior police officer said.
"The arrested had called the complainant's sister-in-law in March impersonating as the manager of a State Bank of India branch and had induced her to sharing the debit card details and the OTPs.
"He then siphoned off an amount of Rs two lakh from the victim's savings account. The money siphoned off was transferred to various online wallets like FXMART, Airtel Money, PAYTM, OLA Cabs. A portion was further stashed in the SBI account of the accused at Govindpur Branch, Jharkhand," he said.
When produced at a city court, the accused was remanded to police custody till July 17, he said.
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