The city police have come across at least 17 bank accounts that were allegedly used for fraudulent transactions while probing the mobile app fraud that led to the seizure of crores of rupees from the car and house of a businessman and his family in Howrah, officers said.
An officer at Lalbazar said on Tuesday that six of the 17 bank accounts had Rs 57 crore deposited in them.
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“Bank statements reveal that Rs 77 crore had earlier been transacted through these accounts. Now, another Rs 57 crore has been found. At least Rs 134 crore has been transacted through these accounts,” the officer said.
On Sunday, the police had raided the flat of a suspect and his brother’s car and seized Rs 8.1 crore and jewellery worth Rs 14 lakh.
