India, April 22 -- Two men were arrested on Monday for hacking the sever of Nainital Bank's branch in Noida Sector 62 and siphoning off Rs.16.71 crore in 84 transactions between June 16 and June 20, 2024, police said. The arrested accused were identified as Umealakei Emeka, aka Alex, 53, a Nigerian national who lives in a high-rise in Sigma 4 in Beta 2, Greater Noida, and Savej aka Sanu, 26, a resident of Ghaziabad.

The total number of people arrested in the case is now seven.

"When we were monitoring the 84 bank accounts where money was transferred, we found that six bank accounts were active, and money was withdrawn from those accounts. When we traced the account, we arrested Savej, who revealed that he worked for Emeka for 4%of the p...