In line with the CBI, the searches led to the seizure of incriminating banking paperwork, account-related data, digital units, and different essential proof, which at the moment are being forensically examined.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has carried out searches at 89 areas throughout 20 States in reference to three main “digital arrest” rip-off instances as a part of Operation Chakra-VI, arresting three individuals up to now.
The coordinated searches had been geared toward tracing the proceeds of fraud and figuring out the beneficiaries and handlers behind the syndicates, the company stated on Friday (September 4, 2026).
“The operations had been meticulously deliberate on the idea of detailed monetary and technical evaluation, together with examination of financial institution accounts and on-line account entry information,” it stated.
One of many instances pertains to BITS Pilani, the place the sufferer was stored underneath “digital arrest” for 3 months, and ₹7.67 crore was extorted from him by scammers posing as law enforcement officials.
In one other case, the accused used an identical modus operandi to lure a resident of Gujarat into believing that he had been digitally arrested. The sufferer was stored underneath “digital arrest” for 3 months and allegedly extorted of ₹19.24 crore.
Within the third case, a sufferer in Karnataka was pressured to pay ₹15.45 crore over a interval of 1 month.
“The searches led to the seizure of incriminating banking paperwork, account-related data, digital units, and different essential proof, which at the moment are being forensically examined to unravel the broader monetary and technological infrastructure sustaining the “digital arrest” syndicates working throughout State boundaries,” the company stated.
Three arrested
In the course of the operation, the CBI arrested three individuals. Their examination revealed their particular roles in receiving, layering and dispersing the fraud proceeds, the investigating company stated.
“Akash, a resident of Haryana, was discovered to have acquired ₹1.95 crore of the defrauded quantity into his account. He had opened the account himself and swiftly transferred the cash to different accounts on the identical day, establishing his direct hyperlink to laundering the proceeds,” the CBI stated.
The company stated accused Raja Karmakar of Kolkata acquired ₹1.5 crore of the fraud proceeds in his agency’s account. It alleged that Jyoti Rani, into whose account a portion of the defrauded sum was credited, withdrew a part of it in money and transferred the remaining quantity to different accounts, thereby actively taking part in dispersing the cash to obscure its path.
“Efforts are underway to trace down and apprehend the remaining accused concerned within the wider community,” the CBI stated.
Taking severe word of the alarming scale of such crimes, the Supreme Court has directed the CBI to take concerted action against the perpetrators and the wider networks facilitating such offences.
Printed – September 04, 2026 04:58 pm IST
