Expanding their investigation into the loan app scam, the city cops have taken the custody of 3 men arrested by a special investigation team of Odisha police. The trio has been identified as Nitin Malik, Sushant and Rachit. Mumbai cyber cops have also nabbed a man from Tamil Nadu who allegedly supplied SIM cards for recovery agents, taking the number of people arrested by them to 15.

The police said Malik was arrested by the economic offences wing of Odisha police on July 2, while the other two had been taken into custody on June 10. Authorities in Maharashtra got cracking after a series of reports by mid-day shone the spotlight on the illegal loan apps that tricked customers with micro-loans but extorted huge sums from them by abusing and blackmailing them. A few of the borrowers were also driven to end their lives, reported mid-day.