More than a week after an elderly couple from Greater Kailash was allegedly duped of Rs 14.85 crore in a prolonged “digital arrest” cyber fraud, Delhi Police have arrested three men from Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh for moving a substantial portion of the defrauded money through mule accounts.
The accused have been identified as Divyang Patel (23) and Krutik Sitoli (22) from Vadodara, arrested on Friday, and K S Tiwari, nabbed from Prayagraj following raids over the past two days, senior police officials said.
The victims, Om Taneja (81) and Indira Taneja (77), residents of GK-2, were allegedly cheated between December 24, 2025, and January 9, 2026. The scammers posed as officials from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and falsely claimed that Indira Taneja’s mobile number had surfaced in a money-laundering case in Mumbai. The couple was instructed to transfer money and share bank details for “verification” by the Reserve Bank of India.
Investigations revealed that two of the seven primary accounts that received RTGS transfers were traced to Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. One account in Patel’s name in Vadodara held nearly Rs 4 crore, which was transferred to multiple mule accounts with the help of Sitoli, who allegedly facilitated withdrawals and fund routing. Another Rs 2 crore was transferred to a mule account operated by Tiwari in Prayagraj. Police said none of these accounts are linked to other cybercrime cases so far.
“All three were reportedly recruited by fraudsters through social media groups, apparently operated from Cambodia,” a senior officer said. Investigators believe that only Rs 2-2.5 crore of the defrauded amount may still exist in the formal banking system.
The couple had made eight RTGS transfers, starting with Rs 1.99 crore on December 26, followed by multiple high-value transactions until January 9. Further investigations are ongoing to trace the remaining money and identify the main operators behind the scam.
