Overview

• Police across Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Lucknow and Indore have made dozens of arrests, registered fresh FIRs under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and IT Act, and seized cash, devices and forged documents.
• South-West Delhi Cyber Police arrested Shankar Dan and Pradeep Kumar Dan for duping a man of ₹10.64 lakh through a malicious APK link that routed funds via a payment gateway to credit cards.
• Mumbai South Cyber Police detained three operatives linked to a Dubai-based ringleader for orchestrating a fake ‘digital arrest’ that extorted ₹1.51 crore from a 78-year-old homemaker.
• Bengaluru East CEN Crime unit uncovered plots that held two women under a nine-hour video custody with a fabricated medical exam and kept a 78-year-old man in ‘digital arrest’ for nearly two months to extort ₹83.2 lakh.
• Lucknow Police Crime Team seized ₹1.07 crore, 103 mobile devices and arrested 16 suspects in a raid on the ‘Lotus Gaming’ betting app racket.