KOCHI: Two persons, suspected to be involved in the money-swindling case in which Rs 11.14 lakh was diverted from the online banking account of a doctor, were reportedly taken into custody from Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Police said that Mirza Jaffer and Ali from Hyderabad were expected to be brought to Kochi on Wednesday night and the arrest will be officially announced on Thursday. The money-swindling case took place on the first week of April. The hackers accessed the unique customer ID and password of the online banking account of Dr Shabeer Khan of the Lakeshore Hospital and diverted `11.14 lakh to another account. According to the police, for collecting the personal ID and password of the doctor, the hackers made a duplicate SIM card of his mobile number. As per a request, the bank concerned - which failed to identify the phishing - sent the pin number for the account to the fraudsters, enabling them to transfer money from the account. The case took a new turn after the police identified that the duplicate SIM card was obtained from a mobile shop in Hyderabad.
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