Ahmedabad: Six arrested for ‘cheating’ man of Rs 1.36 crore in digital arrest scam
On WhatsApp video call, the accused, wearing a police uniform, showed "letters" allegedly stamped by the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Bar Association
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Ahmedabad Cybercrime Police on Thursday said they had arrested six men for allegedly cheating a city resident of Rs 1.36 crore by impersonating government officials and staging a “digital arrest”.
The accused — Nishant Ashokkumar Rathod (43), Yash alias Chuchu Suresh Patel (25), Kuldeep Jetharam Joshi (20), Hitesh Mafa Chaudhary (26), Siddhraj Ranji Chauhan (22), and Jagdish Jiva Chaudhary (27) — were arrested after a complaint was received in June.
Between May 31 and June 6, the complainant was allegedly contacted by an unknown person posing as a CBI officer from Mumbai. On WhatsApp video call, the accused, wearing a police uniform, showed “letters” allegedly stamped by the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Bar Association, one bearing the name of “Judge Gogoi” and another signed by “Niraj Kumar, Assistant Director, ED”.
The caller allegedly claimed an arrest warrant had been issued and accused the complainant of having Rs 2 crore in black money in his bank account. Under threat of arrest, the victim was allegedly coerced into transferring Rs 1.36 crore.
A case was registered under Sections 61(2), 204, 308(2), 316(2), 318(4), 336(3), 338, and 340(2) of the BNS, along with Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act.
ACP H S Makadiya and Inspector C T Desai led the investigation. Using technical analysis, teams identified and arrested the accused, police said in their statement.
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