Bengaluru, March 10 : Bengaluru police on Wednesday arrested three computer programmers from Nagaland who allegedly hacked former Karnataka top cop Shankar Bidari’s email ID and conned Rs 25,000 from one of his friends.
The police said that the accused had operated more than 60 accounts in various banks and a large number of documents – rent agreements, Aadhar cards and PAN cards were recovered from them.
The police added that the accused were not only experts in hacking websites but had also floated a fake human resources company to lure unemployed youth from the North East states.
According to the police, the arrested were identified as Thia Samong, 31 years, Seropa Sesai, 27 years and Esther Konyak aka Rubika, 28 years.
The police added that all the accused are from Mon district of Nagaland but Rubika was working in Bengaluru in a beauty salon for the last couple of years. Mon district is bordering Myanmar.
The police said that the accused belong to the Konyak tribe who are very skilled in the art of making firearms as well as handicrafts like baskets, cane and bamboo work, brass work etc.
Related stories
Subscribe
- Never miss a story with notifications
- Gain full access to our premium content
- Browse free from up to 5 devices at once
Latest stories