Five young men were arrested from Jamtara in Jharkhand on Friday for allegedly cheating an elderly Jorabagan resident of almost Rs 3 lakh by posing as officials of his bank and asking him to download an app to help him keep his account active.

In January, one of the arrested called Praveen Kumar Agarwal posing as an employee of his bank, police said.

He asked Agarwal to update his KYC, failing which he wouldn’t be able to make a transaction. For this, he asked him to download an app, “Quick Support Application”. Within minutes of filling his details on it, Agarwal received messages that around Rs 3 lakh had been withdrawn, a senior police officer said.