Two held in online banking fraud case
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AAA After a week-long probe, the Kozhikode Rural police have arrested two engineering graduates who allegedly tapped the debit card details of many customers using skimmers at different ATM counters and exchanged it with a gang of fraudsters from North India.
P.K. Jubair of Villiappally and M.K. Shibin of Kayakkodi were arrested by a special investigation squad led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Moosa Vallikkadan on Wednesday.
It was the first time that locals suspected of colluding with kingpins in banking frauds were being arrested in the district. It would be a turning point in similar investigations, said the police. They said the special squad had secured clear evidence about the visit of a three-member group from North India to meet Jubair and Shibin to plan the theft. According to the officers, the group was in the district between February 10 and February 16. Their details were collected afte