The arrests came following searches at 22 locations across 10 States under Operation Chakra-VI.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two more people in connection with the ₹11.42-crore “digital arrest” case in Gujarat.
The arrested men, Himanshu Prasad and Unis Biswas, are accused of having received, layered and dispersed the proceeds of crime.
They were also allegedly involved in transferring the funds onwards to multiple accounts of their accomplices with the intent to obscure the money trail. The agency on Sunday (September 27, 2026) alleged that the accused used the bank account of a company to receive ₹2.5 crore of the total amount defrauded from the victim.
The case
“[The] investigation has further revealed that both the accused were involved in using bank accounts and installing APK files to siphon off proceeds generated through ‘digital arrest’ frauds and other cybercrimes. In four of the cases, the CBI has carried out searches at 142 locations spanning 22 States and arrested 17 accused persons over the past 30 days. The searches have led to the seizure of banking documents, account details, digital devices, and other evidence. “The action forms part of the CBI’s sustained offensive against the syndicates behind this menace, which continues to pose a grave threat to citizens across the country.
Several incriminating chats, messages, and documents have also been recovered from the digital devices seized from their possession,” said the CBI, adding that efforts are under way to identify the other members of the network. In the case under investigation, the victim was placed under “digital arrest” for three months by cybercriminals posing as police officers and officials of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and was coerced into transferring ₹11.42 crore to the bank accounts allegedly controlled by the syndicate. Taking serious note of the alarming scale of these crimes, the Supreme Court of India has directed the CBI to take concerted action against the perpetrators and the wider networks facilitating such offences,” the agency said. The agency has taken over multiple “digital arrest” cases from various States, each of which involved victims being digitally detained by cybercriminals impersonating law enforcement and government officials and being forced to transfer large sums of money.
