Cyber fraud: Three arrested for hacking into email account of retired police officer

The South East division police on Wednesday arrested three members of a gang from Nagaland who had allegedly hacked the email account of former DG&IGP Shankar Mahadev Bidri and cheated one of his contacts of ₹25,000. Based on a complaint filed by Bidri, the cyber crime police tracked down the three men through the bank account they had used. “The accused have been identified as Thia Rit Samong, 31, Seropa Sesai, 27, and Ester Konyak, 28. They are part of a five-member gang that focused on cyber crime and targeted people online,” said a police officer.