Ajaykumar Rajbhar (23) and Abdullah Ziyauddin Shaikh (22) were arrested by Govandi police for duping 62,500 from a taxi driver. Both the accused under the pretext of helping the driver set up a new PIN for his debit card and withdrew money from his account.

The victim Anwar Shaikh had recently got a card and went to an ATM in Govandi to withdraw money on January 27. “Anwar was finding it difficult to set up the password when the two walked in, and under the pretext of helping him, exchanged his card with a defunct one,” informed Shashikant Mane, senior inspector. According to TOI, he got a text message a day later, stating Rs 62,500 was withdrawn and his account balance was zero. When he inquired about the message, the bank officials informed electronic goods were purchased using his debit card followed by which Shaikh filed a complaint and police registered a case of cheating and criminal breach.