The Kolkata Police have arrested two more individuals in connection with a cyber fraud case in which a resident of Netaji Nagar was allegedly cheated of Rs1.8 crore through a “digital arrest” scam, officials said.
The accused have been identified as Debtanu Sarkar (25) and Sourav Biswas (27), both residents of the Hanskhali area in Nadia district. They were apprehended on Wednesday night following a raid conducted on the basis of confidential inputs, police said.
According to investigators, the case pertains to an incident reported four months ago, where fraudsters allegedly placed the victim under a so-called digital arrest and coerced him into transferring large sums of money. A formal complaint was lodged at Netaji Nagar Police Station in September last year, triggering a detailed investigation into the financial trail and the wider network involved.
As part of the ongoing probe, a Kolkata Police team carried out the operation within the jurisdiction of Hanskhali police station and arrested the two accused at around 8.30 pm, officers said.
During searches, police seized two mobile phones, six ATM cards, eight bank passbooks and cheque books, along with several documents described as suspicious. Investigators also recovered a hardware wallet, a pen drive-like device used to store cryptocurrency credentials.
Officials said cryptocurrency worth approximately $3,800, estimated at around Rs3.41 lakh, was seized from the device. Police believe the digital assets may be linked to proceeds of cyber fraud.
Further investigation is underway to identify other members of the cybercrime network and to trace additional funds siphoned off through the digital arrest scam, police added.
