Within the ongoing investigation into the “digital arrest” of a retired colonel, the cybercrime cell of the Chandigarh Police has arrested three extra individuals linked to a high-profile cyber fraud case, taking the full variety of arrests to 5. The sufferer, Dalip Singh Bajwa of Sector 2A, Chandigarh, was allegedly coerced into transferring a staggering Rs 3.41 crore.
The three arrested have been recognized as Avtar Singh, 21; Amritpal Singh, 25; and Sunil Kumar, 24, residents of Sirsa, Haryana. The police had already arrested Mahak Yadav,25, a resident of Mohindergarh, Haryana; and Sachin Sharma, 23, from Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.
In accordance with police sources, Amritpal Singh and Sunil Kumar satisfied Avtar Singh to open a checking account in IndusInd Financial institution. This account was later used to obtain Rs 9.40 lakh, a part of the cash defrauded from the complainant. The duo withdrew the quantity in money, retained 1 per cent as fee, and handed over the remaining sum to Mahak Yadav and Sachin Sharma.
Dalip Singh, 82, and his spouse Ranvinder Kaur, 74, residents of Sector 2A, Chandigarh, had been allegedly focused by fraudsters on March 18. The rip-off started with a name from a world quantity, alleging Singh’s involvement in a cash laundering case linked to jailed businessman Naresh Goyal. The fraudsters, utilizing pretend paperwork and threats of arrest, stored Singh on a steady video name, successfully putting him beneath a “digital arrest”, mentioned the police.
Over a number of days, Singh was allegedly coerced into transferring a number of quantities—Rs 8 lakh, Rs 60 lakh, Rs 80 lakh, Rs 88 lakh, and Rs 1.05 crore—into completely different accounts offered by the scammers. The scamsters used numerous telephone numbers to contact the couple and maintained fixed strain utilizing fabricated authorized threats, mentioned the police.
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