Overview

• Surinder Kumar posed as a CBI officer on WhatsApp to accuse a Goa resident of money laundering
• He threatened a fabricated ‘digital arrest’ to coerce the victim into transferring ₹18 lakh
• Authorities invoked multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Section 66(d) of the Information Technology Act
• Investigators traced financial transactions and used technical surveillance across state lines to locate him
• A local court remanded Kumar for four days as officers probe potential accomplices and additional victims