‘Digital arrest’: Six of gang arrested for cheating Ahmedabad man of Rs 1.36 crore

The Cybercrime Police, in a statement on Thursday, said they had received a complaint from a victim who alleged that between May 31 and June 6, an unknown person called him, identifying himself as an officer from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Mumbai. He said that the person, who made a video call, was in police uniform and showed him a letter “bearing a stamp of the Supreme Court Bar Association, and the name of Judge Gogoi”. Another letter, also bearing a Supreme Court stamp, was signed by Niraj Kumar, Assistant Director, ED.

The called allegedly told the complainant that an arrest warrant had been issued in his name, and intimidated him by claiming that black money worth Rs 2 crore had been found in his bank account.

The complainant also alleged that the accused “questioned” him and demanded a total of Rs 1.36 crore from him that he eventually paid.

A case was registered at Ahmedabad city Cyber Crime police station under Sections 61(2), 204, 308(2), 316(2), 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) of the BNS and Sections 66(C), 66(D) of the IT Act, and a case was filed against the then unidentified accused.

ACP H S Makadiya and Inspector C T Desai and their teams, using technical analysis, later identified the accused who were subsequently arrested.