Overview

• An Oct 5 complaint by Shahdara resident Sangam Yadav said an Instagram work-from-home ad led to a Telegram group that induced ₹55,100 in UPI deposits.
• Police arrested Sukhpreet Singh, 25, of Jagraon in Ludhiana, for alleged involvement in the Telegram-based network.
• Investigators traced ₹29,500 to a cash swap at a Jagraon petrol pump, using mobile-location analysis to link the transaction to the suspect.
• Police say Singh bought USDT at ₹94–98 and resold at ₹105 within the group while cycling payments through multiple bank accounts.
• Three phones, six SIM cards and 12 ATM cards were seized; after two days in police custody he was sent to judicial custody, and one Indian Bank beneficiary remains untraced.