Overview
- Mumbai’s North Cyber Police arrested 25-year-old Hardik Ashokbhai Borda in Surat after a Malad businessman and his wife lost Rs 21.73 lakh to a WhatsApp RTO‑challan APK, with about Rs 8.5 lakh traced to his account.
- Chandigarh Cyber Crime Police arrested 23-year-old Devansh Goyal over a fake Parivahan challan link that led to Rs 3.26 lakh in card fraud, with the trail showing gift cards redeemed into online gold delivered in Delhi‑NCR.
- Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch reported an 82-year-old kept under “digital arrest” and coerced to transfer Rs 7.12 crore, announced 12 arrests tied to a Cambodia‑based Chinese syndicate, and identified 238 mule accounts with funds converted to USDT.
- Telangana’s cyber bureau received a complaint from an 81-year-old Hyderabad businessman who paid over Rs 7 crore after callers posed as Mumbai Police and confined him to prolonged video calls to extort transfers.
- Bhopal police recorded two new cases — a retired ASI losing Rs 2.40 lakh after installing an APK during a pension update ruse, and a 74-year-old transferring Rs 52 lakh under a fake ATS “verification” — as authorities urged the public to avoid unsolicited APKs or links.