Overview
- Coordinated raids at 30 locations across Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh resulted in 30 arrests, including alleged mastermind Ramavatar Saini of Bandikui in Dausa.
- Police say 70 teams worked for about 70 hours in a synchronized crackdown codenamed Operation Shutter Down.
- Seizures include Rs 52.69 lakh in cash, 14 luxury vehicles, 35 laptops, 68 mobile phones, biometric devices and thousands of bank and identity documents worth over Rs 3 crore.
- Investigators allege the network manipulated welfare portals such as PM-Kisan and social security pensions to create fake beneficiaries and quickly withdraw funds.
- The alleged modus operandi involved buying bank and ID documents from ineligible persons, linking multiple accounts to single mobile numbers and taking a 50–75% cut from disbursed sums.