The accused were apprehended on Monday and sent on a four-day police remand after producing them in a city court, an official said
The victim had lodged a police complaint in November last year and police found that it was a case of digital arrest fraud. Representational Pic/File
Three people have been arrested in connection with a digital arrest fraud case of Rs 40 lakh, Faridabad Police in Haryana said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.
The accused were identified as Gaurav, Sunny and Harshit, hailing from Rajasthan, police said.
The were apprehended on Monday and sent on a four-day police remand after producing them in a city court, an official said.
The matter came to light when a woman, a resident of Omaxe Green Valley in Faridabad, lodged a police complaint in November last year.
According to the PTI, in the complaint, she mentioned that she received a call from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India telling her that her mobile number would be blocked.
Soon, the call was transferred to someone claiming from the Mumbai police. On the call, she was told that her Aadhaar card was used for a Canara Bank account from which illegal transactions worth Rs 6 crores were made, according to the complaint.
The cyber thugs then threatened her with the arrest and extorted Rs 40 lakh from her.
Following the complaint, a case was registered, and the accused were arrested.
During interrogation, it was revealed that Gaurav's account was used to transfer Rs 2.40 lakh of the fraudulent money. He had reportedly given the operational details of the account to Sunny, who had further shared it with Harshit. Harshit used to send the money deposited in the account to the cyber thugs, the police said.
Further investigation is underway, said the police.
Mumbai Cyber Police bust Rs 18 crore share trading fraud, three held
Meanwhile, in an another incident, Mumbai Police busted a share trading cyber fraud case and arrested three people for allegedly defrauding people of over Rs 18 crore, the police said on Tuesday.
The gang lured people into bogus share trading investments with promises of high returns, an official said.
According to the police, the probe into the matter was launched after a complaint was filed on 22 April 2025, by a 49-year-old Goregaon resident who lost Rs 2.77 crore to the scam. The complainant was added to a WhatsApp group named “K05-IIFL Securities Limited” by unknown fraudsters, who posed as investment advisers.
Using fabricated trading tips and screenshots of fake profits, they convinced him to download a fake trading app named “IIFL Markets” through a suspicious link, the official said.
The victim was persuaded to invest in what was claimed to be block trades, QIP, and IPOs, and transferred large sums into multiple bank accounts. When he attempted to withdraw his so-called returns, he was further extorted under the guise of taxes and credit checks, he said.
Technical tracking and investigations led to the arrest of the suspects from Bandra in Mumbai, an official said.
(with PTI inputs)
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