Fake cop from Hyderabad dupes Panchkula resident of Rs 5.9 lakh in ‘digital arrest’ scam

The caller alleged that a credit card under Kumar’s name was being misused and linked to a suspect detained for alleged connections with a terrorist organisation. The caller further claimed that the card was recovered from the accused and that Kumar was also booked under money laundering charges.

The fraudster pressured the victim to travel to Hyderabad. When Kumar refused, he was connected via a video call, where the accused posed as police officials and threatened him with arrest. Terrified, Kumar ended up transferring a total of Rs 5.9 lakh to the fraudsters’ accounts.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered and investigated by the cybercrime team. On November 7, the police arrested Sonu, a resident of Saini Mohalla, Kharkhoda (Sonipat district). He was produced in court and remanded in two days of police custody for further interrogation.

Rs 33-lakh stock market scam

In another case, a woman was arrested among two, in the Rs 33-lakh stock market investment scam.

Kamboj revealed that Mohammad Suleman, a resident of Panchkula, had filed a complaint on June 10, stating that he was duped of Rs 33.56 lakh through a fake online investment platform.

Police said that the victim was added to a WhatsApp group in March, where members lured him with promises of high profits from the stock market. The fraudsters claimed to operate from a Mumbai office and conducted online trading sessions through a website link.

When the complainant later visited the given address in Mumbai, he found no such office existed. It was discovered that the gang had created a fake website and WhatsApp group to deceive people into investing money in a bogus online trading scheme.

The case was registered under relevant sections of the Bhartatiya Nyaya Sanhia (BNS) sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), and 61(2).

On October 7, police arrested Mukund Kumar, 46, a resident of Ahmedabad, and Patel Maithali Naveenbhai, 25, a resident of Surat. Both were produced before the court and remanded in one day of police custody for further questioning.

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