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Hyderabad Police Arrest Three in Rajasthan in ‘Digital Arrest’ Scam That Cost Victim ₹37.70 Lakh

Investigators say the suspects supplied mule accounts for a wider fraud network moving roughly ₹3 crore.

Overview

  • Hyderabad Cyber Crimes traced a July 11 complaint in which callers posed as Telecom and police officials, used forged documents, and threatened a so-called digital arrest to force bank transfers.
  • Police identified the arrested as Mohammed Rijwan, 20, Vikram Singh, 20, and Nikhil Kumar, 19, all from Sikar district in Rajasthan.
  • Officers said the trio worked on commission by providing access to bank accounts used by cyber fraud networks.
  • Three mobile phones were seized, and investigators linked the accounts to six cases across Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Telangana with transactions of about ₹3 crore.
  • In a separate case, Prayagraj police arrested three men accused of creating fake current accounts that routed about ₹2.80 crore for cyber gangs.