India, Nov. 22 -- A relationship manager of a private bank helped avert a cyber fraud of Rs.6.5 crore by contacting the police after spotting an unusual transaction on one of his customers' account , said police on Friday.

According to police, Meet Sabharwal, posted at the Galleria branch of the bank near Sector 43, sought help of his seniors to contact officials of two other banks to put Rs.64 lakh on hold which were transacted by the victim earlier this month.

Gurugram police commissioner Vikas Kumar Arora felicitated him on Friday.

"We urge the bankers to verify hefty transactions like Sabharwal did to tackle cyber fraud," Arora said.

Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (cybercrime), said that Sabharwal had tried to contact the customer on Novemb...