Kadapa Police Bust 'Digital Arrest' Ring, Freeze ₹22 Crore as Malkajgiri Makes Arrests and Refunds ₹16.28 Lakh

Overview

• Badvel police in Kadapa arrested nine suspects accused of extorting ₹72.68 lakh from a 70-year-old advocate through a fabricated digital arrest between September and December 2025.
• The syndicate used impersonation of police and central agencies, forged documents, threats and continuous WhatsApp video monitoring to force transfers.
• Officers seized cash, phones, SIMs and banking instruments and reported freezing a mule-linked financial network exceeding ₹22 crore.
• Police said efforts are underway to trace absconding kingpins, inter-State and international operators, additional victims and residual money trails with attachment and forfeiture actions planned.
• Separately, Malkajgiri cybercrime police arrested three in investment and part-time job fraud cases and facilitated court-ordered refunds of ₹16.28 lakh, including an Axis Bank Karimnagar account that received ₹16 lakh on November 16, 2025, with two Nalgonda suspects’ accounts linked to cases in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.