Overview

• Cyber police have flagged at least 500 mule accounts in Wayanad and say the tally could double, including 32 linked to a single bank in Kalpetta.
• Nagaland police arrested 27-year-old Ismayil and took him to Kohima, Dehradun police issued a notice to Muhammed Fanish over a ₹58,000 transaction, and Lucknow police filed a case naming local resident Salmath.
• Recruiters reportedly offered ₹5,000–₹10,000 per account as holders handed over passbooks, cards, chequebooks, linked phone numbers, and OTPs, leaving them to face FIRs across northern and north-eastern States.
• Investigators traced ₹32 lakh through a Madakkimala account, say many accounts are controlled by Keralites abroad with funds converted to dollars and moved, and warn the flows could be used for anti-national activities.
• Similar patterns are reported in Kozhikode and Malappuram, while central agencies count several lakh mule accounts nationwide and have frozen large numbers in ongoing crackdowns.