Two more persons held in loan racket

The accused have been identified as Sivakumar of Puducherry and Chandran alias Ravichandran. Police had already arrested 17 persons, including the mastermind of the racket Gopalakrishan.

The investigation officer said that the duo managed the payment gateways registered with Just Dial (JD) after paying Rs 42,000. The victims’ money from their bank accounts was transferred through JD pay and then to the payment gateway named SBN Tech solutions and Lingo Info Media.

From the gateways, the money was transferred to various accounts of Gopikrishnan. Sivakumar and Ravichandran, who were remanded in judicial custody on Friday, also advertise online to give cash against credit cards. “But after getting all the credit card details through JD pay link including OTP, they cheat the customers without transferring the money to customers’ account,” the police said. Police added that the victims of the racket were spread across the State and police in districts need to register case against the accused. Three of the accused have reportedly been released on bail.