Overview
- Mumbai’s West Region Cyber Police arrested Jitendrabhai Dhanjibhai Miyani in Surat after tracing Rs 1.71 crore to a current account he controlled.
- Police say the account was opened via a fake cloth-trading firm and the accused took a Rs 6.40 lakh commission before handing over the bank details.
- The 68-year-old Andheri West resident transferred Rs 3.71 crore to multiple accounts between late August and early October under threats linked to a supposed money laundering probe.
- Investigators report the funds were moved onward and associates named by the accused are currently abroad, with efforts under way to identify and apprehend the wider syndicate.
- An FIR was filed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act, and a Supreme Court order has directed a unified CBI probe into digital-arrest cases subject to state consent.