Adilabad district police arrested a 23-year-old Rajasthan man from Gujarat for allegedly defrauding a resident of Sangidi village in Bela mandal of ₹4.20 lakh through a fake online escort service.

The accused, Dinesh Patel of Dagar village in Udaipur district, is suspected of being linked to about 220 complaints across the country, including 20 in Telangana, police said.

According to investigators, the accused allegedly circulated fake escort service links through messaging platforms to lure victims. He allegedly used the links to induce the victims to make payments and siphoned off money through unauthorised transactions linked to their credit cards.