Delhi Police have arrested two men accused of helping move money from a Rs 2.10 crore digital-arrest fraud through a bank account in Yamuna Vihar.
Delhi Police have arrested two men in connection with what investigators describe as a “digital arrest” cyber-fraud network that channelled part of a Rs 2.10 crore scam through a mule bank account in the capital’s Yamuna Vihar area. The North-East District Cyber Police Station said the account received Rs 98,592 on October 12, prompting a wider probe into the laundering trail behind the complaint.
The accused have been identified as Sonu Khan, 36, of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, and Arjun Chaudhary, 38, of Ram Nagar in Shahdara, Delhi. Police said they recovered four mobile phones, six debit cards and 10 chequebooks during the operation, and noted that neither man had any prior criminal record on police files. Rediff reported that Khan was traced first and that his questioning led investigators to Chaudhary.
According to Delhi Police, the case surfaced after complaints were scrutinised on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. Investigators linked the account to a complaint filed by Pratibha Jain of Janakpuri, who said she had been cheated of about Rs 2.10 crore in a digital-arrest scam. Bank records showed that Rs 49,000 was withdrawn in cash on the day the money arrived, while the balance was taken out by cheque.
Police said the matter is tied to an e-FIR registered on October 15 at the Special Cell’s IFSO unit under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita covering cheating, impersonation and related offences. Investigators are still trying to map the wider network behind the mule account, which appears to have been used to move proceeds from cybercrime. The arrests come as Delhi Police have stepped up action against account-holders and intermediaries accused of helping fraudsters obscure the trail of stolen money.
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