A 24-year-old man suspected to be involved in a Rs1.64 crore digital arrest fraud targeting a resident of Thavakkara in Kannur has been taken into custody. The accused, Muhammad Ameen Farhana, a native of Olavanna in Kozhikode, was arrested for allegedly withdrawing a portion of the swindled money from a bank using cheques.
Farhana was detained at Karipur airport after Kannur City Police Commissioner P. Nidhinraj received intelligence about his arrival from the Gulf. Acting on instructions from Cyber Crime Inspector Sanal Kumar, a police team consisting of SI Shamit, SI Jyothi, SCPO Jithin and CPO Sunil executed the arrest.
Authorities said the investigation is ongoing to uncover the full network behind the digital arrest scam, a method increasingly used by cyber-criminals to extort large sums from unsuspecting victims.
