A woman arrested in connection with a Rs 4-crore cyber fraud escaped from police custody while she was being taken to Pune from Haryana in a train, officials said on Tuesday.
At least 30 accounts of Surat's diamond merchants have been frozen by the police in Kerala, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh in connection with cyber fraud cases.
Under the intense pressure of imminent arrest, the student was coerced into transferring Rs 53.63 lakh from her and her mother's bank accounts to various other accounts provided by the scammers.
The accused was identified as Paramjeet Singh, a resident of Amayra Green in Kharar. Singh was arrested by Balongi police during the investigation of a cheating case registered on July 13.