A gang of six men, posing as government officers, was arrested in Ahmedabad for cheating citizens by threatening them with ‘digital arrest’ using fake documents during WhatsApp video calls. One victim was defrauded of Rs 1.36 crore after being falsely accused of holding black money.
The scam surfaced after a complaint from a citizen who received video calls between May 31 and June 6. The caller, dressed as a police officer claiming to be a CBI official, showed forged documents bearing names of high-ranking officials like “Judge Gogoi” and “Niraj Kumar, Assistant Director, Enforcement Directorate.” The victim was told that Rs 2 crore of black money was found in their bank account and was threatened with arrest.
Out of fear, the victim transferred Rs 1.36 crore via RTGS. The Cyber Crime Branch filed a case under the BNS and IT Act and arrested all six accused from various locations around Ahmedabad.
The accused have been identified as Nishant Rathod (43) and Yash Patel (25) from Vastral; Kuldeep Joshi (20), Hitesh Chaudhary (26), and Siddhraj Chauhan (22) from Naroda; and Jagdish Chaudhary (27) from Dhanera. Nishant and Yash
The arrests were made following a detailed technical analysis by the police cyber team.
