Two held in digital arrest fraud case

New Delhi: Two men have been arrested from Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan for allegedly duping a Delhi resident of Rs 6 lakh in a digital arrest cyber fraud, police said on Sunday. The accused were identified as Ritish Kumar Mehra, a resident of Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, and Mukesh Kumhar of Bhilwara in Rajasthan, they said. According to police, the complainant was allegedly contacted through a video call by the accused, who impersonated law-enforcement officials and threatened him with arrest before inducing him to transfer Rs 6 lakh. An e-FIR was registered and investigation was launched. During investigation, police traced the money to a bank account allegedly controlled by Kumhar.

Of the amount, Rs 5.5 lakh was subsequently transferred to another bank account operated by Mehra, leading to his arrest from Kathua, followed by Kumhar’s arrest from Bhilwara.

Police said another account linked to Kumhar had transactions of around Rs 50 lakh and was connected to 10 complaints registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal from different states. Technical analysis also revealed a Cambodia-linked digital trail, which is being further examined.

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