The Cyber Crime Police have arrested five more individuals involved in the elaborate Rs2.5 crore digital arrest cyber fraud, increasing the total number of arrests to eight.
The arrests stem from an FIR registered on June 1, following a complaint by Sumit Kaur, a resident of Sector 10A. On May 3, she received a phone call allegedly from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), claiming her SIM had been misused and that an FIR had been filed against her.
Soon after, Kaur was coerced through WhatsApp video calls by a man impersonating a police officer named Vijay Khanna. He falsely informed her that she was linked to a fabricated money laundering case involving the CEO of Jet Airways, and manipulated her into transferring Rs2.5 crore under the pretext of verifying her funds.
Those recently arrested include:
Manish Jaiswal (44) – Operated a Bandhan Bank account in Varanasi, where Rs20 lakh was deposited.
Chitransh (32) – Received account details from Jaiswal.
Prince (28) – Introduced Chitransh to the racket.
Jubbar Ali (37) – Recruited Prince, offered 20% commission.
Mohd Ajit Ullah (46) – Collaborated with Ali, travelled from Assam to Varanasi to aid operations.
Police revealed a well-coordinated pan-India cyber fraud network, involving operatives from Jaipur, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh. Investigations are ongoing to trace more members and recover the defrauded amount.
