In February 2025, Sanjeev Pandhi, a resident of Machhiwara, was duped of Rs3.72 crore through a fake online trading platform promoted via the Telegram app.
Police arrested:
Neeraj Singhania (from Dubai)
Sarita Singhania alias Ritu
Gurjot Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib)
Baldev Krishan (Zirakpur)
Parvinder Singh alias Tony (Chandigarh)
Samaksh Bhatt, Amritpal Kaur (Mohali)
Prince, Anmol Chauhan, Rahul Sagwan (Ludhiana)
Prabjot Singh, Gurvinder Singh, Amol Singh, Simran Singh, and Beant Kaur (Moga)
Police recovered Rs9.35 lakh from this group.
In a separate incident, Mahendra Pratap Singh Gill, also from Machhiwara, was coerced into transferring Rs2.65 crore after an unidentified caller impersonated a law enforcement officer and threatened him over an alleged bank account inquiry.
Those arrested in this case include:
Karnamjit Singh, Gurveer Singh (Mohali)
Kuljit Singh, Sanjeev Mittal, Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi
Amritpal Singh alias Doctor
Mohan Singh (Jalandhar)
Kuljit Singh and Mohan Singh have been identified as the key suspects. Police recovered Rs5 lakh from them and are pursuing the remaining accused.
