Overview

• Retired commerce ministry official Omprakash Srivastava in Sector 62 was coerced for three days after threats of a fabricated money-laundering case.
• Noida’s Cyber Crime Branch has frozen ₹174,800 of the reported loss as recovery efforts progress.
• The accused—Prince Kumar, Avnish Kumar, and Vidyasagar Yadav—were taken into custody in Bihar on Thursday.
• Police say the stolen money was routed into bank accounts operated by the arrested men.
• The complaint was filed on September 16, and investigators are now pursuing additional suspects connected to the scheme.