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3 arrested from Vadodara, Prayagraj in Rs 14.8-crore Delhi elderly couple digital arrest case
While Divyang Patel (23) and Krutik Sitoli (22) were arrested from Vadodara on Friday, K S Tiwari was nabbed from Prayagraj following raids by Delhi Police over the last two days, senior officers said.
Delhi Police arrest three men for allegedly routing Rs 6 crore from Greater Kailash digital arrest fraud. (Photo generated by AI for representation)
Over a week after an elderly couple from Greater Kailash was duped of Rs 14.85 crore during a 12-day digital arrest, two men from Vadodara and one from Prayagraj have been arrested for allegedly moving Rs 6 crore of the defrauded amount from two mule accounts, police said.
While Divyang Patel (23) and Krutik Sitoli (22) were arrested from Vadodara on Friday, K S Tiwari was nabbed from Prayagraj following raids by Delhi Police over the last two days, senior officers said.
Om Taneja (81) and Indira Taneja (77), residents of GK 2, were duped of Rs 14.85 crore by scammers between December 24, 2025 and January 9. The scammers had posed as Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) officials, claiming that Indira’s mobile number, registered in her name, had surfaced in a money-laundering case in Mumbai. They told the couple that they had to pay some amount and provide their bank account details for verification, to be allegedly be carried out by the RBI.
“Two the seven primary accounts which received the RTGS payments from the Tanejas were tracked to Gujarat and UP,” a senior officer said.
Police said an account was being operated in Patel’s name in Vadodara. “The account was holding Rs 4 crore of the Rs 14.85, which was then transferred to multiple mule accounts by Divyang’s associate, Krutik Sitoli,” the officer said.
“Sitoli was acting as a facilitator for the accused. His job was to take out the cash, and then transfer it to multiple mule accounts.”
Tiwari allegedly received about Rs 2 crore transferred by the Tanejas in his mule account in Prayagraj.
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Police said that none of these accounts have yet been found involved in other cyber crimes. “All three of them were roped in by the fraudsters via social media groups. As of now, it seems the groups they joined were being operated from Cambodia,” the officer said.
Sources said senior officers involved in the probe now believe that no more than Rs 2 crore to Rs 2.5 crore of the defrauded amount remains within the formal banking network.
The Tanejas had made eight RTGS transfers to the fraudsters, beginning with Rs 1.99 crore on December 26. Similar transfers followed – December 29 (Rs 2 crore), December 30 (Rs 2 crore), January 2 (Rs 2.05 crore), January 5 (Rs 2.5052 crore), January 6 (Rs 2.10 crore), January 8 (Rs 2.20 crore), and January 9 (Rs 50 lakh).
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