In a significant development, Chennai City Police have arrested four more individuals involved in the digital scam case, in which a central government employee lost Rs88 lakh to fraudsters. The arrests were made following the earlier capture of Partha Pratim Bora from Assam in November, who had run the fraudulent operation.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Dhrubajyoti Mazumdar (25), Swaraj Pradhan (22), Prashant Giri (21), and Pranjal Hazarika (28). They acted as intermediaries between the scam’s fraudulent company and face-to-face (F2F) agents based in cities across New Delhi, West Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, and Rajasthan. These agents would then work with bank account holders to transfer both the fraudulently obtained money and commissions.
The police traced the operation to a company called Harshi Health Care Private Limited, managed by Bora, which facilitated the deposit of the scam money into its accounts. Investigations have revealed that global agents, mostly from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Bangkok, coordinated the operation with Chinese nationals. The scam had thousands of individuals working under the syndicate internationally.
The arrested men were initially presented before a Guwahati magistrate before being brought to Chennai, where they have been remanded in judicial custody.
The scam unfolded in September when a victim was duped by scammers posing as Maharashtra Police and TRAI officers, leading to the transfer of Rs88 lakh for what was described as a “verification” process. After realizing the fraud, the victim reported the incident to the police, which led to the arrests.