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Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
Mangalore, Mar 17: A special superintendent of police squad arrested two people involved in a credit card scam using cards issued by well-known national and international banks on Monday March 16.
The two hail from Manjeshwar in Kasargod district and have been identified as Aravindaksha (29) resident of Kujaththur, and Mohammed Asfak, resident of Santhadka.
They were apprehended near Pumpwell after purchasing some electronic items from a shop in the city. The cards they used had been obtained in names other than theirs.
Police seized five credit cards and a Toyota Innova from the duo. The cards were issued by Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, Citi bank, ICICI, and SBI.
The two have confessed that Ibrahim, a resident of Kasargod, who is in Dubai, supplied them with these cards which have a combined credit limit of Rs 5 crore.
The accused were later produced in court.
The special squad lead by deputy superintendent of police Jayanth V Shetty, comprised of Mangalore rural police station sub-inspector Prakash K, head constable Anand, constables Rama Poojary, Chandrashekara, Sheenappa, Girisha, Sunil Kumar, Saju K Nair, Rajendra Prasad, David D’Souza, Mohammad Iqbal, George, and Shiva Naik.