60 Indian nationals arrested in Sri Lanka during crackdown on cyber crime

New Delhi: Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department has arrested at least 60 Indian nationals of a group involved in an online financial scam. The police gave this information.

They were arrested on Thursday in the suburbs of Colombo – Madivela and Bataramulla and the west coast city of Negombo, it said. During this period, 135 mobile phones and 57 laptops were seized.

The action was taken on a complaint by a victim who alleged that she was linked to a WhatsApp group by promising her cash to communicate on social media, the Daily Mirror Lanka newspaper reported.

During the investigation, a conspiracy was unearthed through which the victims were forced to deposit the money after the initial payment.