The Delhi Police has apprehended a 26-year-old man from the Jamtara area of Jharkhand for allegedly developing and supplying a malicious remote-access mobile application used in multiple cases of online fraud, an official said on Friday.

The accused, identified as Umesh Kumar Rajak, was apprehended from Deoghar on December 5 following a technical investigation into a case in which a Delhi resident was duped of Rs 1.2 lakh through cyber fraud, police said.

"The complainant, a resident of Minto Road, had received a call on July 29 from a man impersonating as an electricity department official who warned him that his meter would be disconnected. The caller then sent him a 'Customer Support' APK file and induced the victim to install it on his phone," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central)

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