The cyber police station in South Delhi has arrested two men from Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan for allegedly duping a person through digital arrest cyber fraud and for their involvement in more than 10 cases, police said Sunday.
The amount that was cheated was first credited to a bank account allegedly controlled by Mukesh Kumhar of Bhilwara, Rajasthan. Mehra was arrested in Kathua, followed by Kumhar’s arrest in Bhilwara. Of this, ₹ 5.5 lakh was subsequently transferred to a second bank account operated by Ritish Kumar Mehra of Kathua, J&K.
Police said their investigation began with tracing the financial trail. “Through focused financial trail and technical analysis, we traced the movement of the cheated money across states and arrested both the account operators,” said DCP (South) Anant Mittal. Both accused have no previous criminal involvement, police said.
One case turned into 10
Technical investigation also revealed a Cambodia-linked digital trail in the online communication used in the fraud. During scrutiny of Kumhar’s financial profile, investigators identified another bank account that had witnessed transactions of around ₹ 50 lakh and was linked to 10 complaints registered on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) from different states, police said. Police are analysing the overseas links to establish the role of other suspects. Police recovered three mobile phones, four ATM/debit cards, five cheque books and five rubber stamps from the accused. Further investigation is underway to identify other members of the network and trace the funds linked to the other complaints.
The accused were part of a network that allegedly used beneficiary bank accounts across states to route money obtained through digital-arrest scams, according to investigators.
