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India Today
2 days ago
- India Today
India's first digital arrest conviction: 9 sentenced to life by Bengal court
In a historic judgment, a court in West Bengal on Friday pronounced life imprisonment for nine individuals in the country's first conviction in a digital arrest cyber fraud case. The verdict was delivered by the Kalyani court in Nadia district, marking a significant milestone in India's fight against the rise in sentencing was announced after the court found the accused guilty on Thursday, following a trial that concluded within eight months of the incident. The additional sessions judge delivered the verdict on nine convicts have been identified as Md Imtiyaz Ansari, Shahid Ali Shaikh, Shahrukh Rafik Shaikh, Jatin Anup Ladwal, Rohit Singh, Rupesh Yadav, Sahil Singh, Pathan Sumaiya Banu, Pathan Sumaiya Banu, and Faldu Ashoke. Four of the convicts are from Maharashtra, three from Haryana and two from Gujarat. "This is the first conviction and sentencing ever in any digital arrest case in the country. The custody trial started on February 24, 2025 and ended within 4.5 months. It took only eight months to finish the entire trial process and convict them from the date of incident. This will be a landmark moment for us," Special Public Prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee case began with a complaint filed by Partha Kumar Mukerjee, a retired scientist, who was defrauded of Rs 1 crore in October received a WhatsApp call from someone posing as a Mumbai Police officer, falsely accusing him of financial crimes. Under the pretext of a "digital arrest," the fraudster coerced the victim into transferring the amount to multiple bank the complaint, on November 6, 2024, the Cyber Crime Police Station in Ranaghat initiated an investigation, which revealed that the calls were made from Cambodia using an Indian SIM card. The accused operated a nationwide network and had victimized over 100 individuals in similar scams.A total of 13 people were arrested across Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. Of them, nine were chargesheeted and later convicted under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Information Technology (IT) Act, including charges of criminal breach of trust, forgery, impersonation, conspiracy, and identity successful prosecution of this case sets a legal precedent and may act as a deterrent against similar cyber-crimes in the future. Authorities continue to urge the public to remain vigilant against digital fraud and report suspicious activities promptly.- EndsMust Watch
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
Digital arrest: 3 arrested for duping man of Rs 1.10 cr
Varanasi: The Varanasi commissionerate police on Sunday arrested three cybercriminals, including the kingpin, involved in a digital arrest scam of Rs 1.10 crore. Mobile phones, SIM cards, ATM cards, and cash were seized from them. A retired govt employee Mahesh Prasad of Yash Bihar Colony in Lathiya area reported to the Cyber Crime Police Station in Varanasi that he received a call from an unknown person claiming to be a CBI officer who told him that an FIR was registered against him in a case of money laundering involving one Naresh Goyal. The fraudster said that Goyal withdrew Rs 538 crore from a bank using Mahesh's details. The scammer also showed an ATM card in Mahesh's name and, in the name of investigation, asked him to transfer Rs 1.10 crore to an account through RTGS. On realising that he was being scammed, Mahesh approached the cyber police. Assistant Police Commissioner Vijay Pratap Singh said that a case was registered under sections 318(2), 318(4) of BNS. The arrested criminals were identified as Sumit Gupta of Gorakhpur, Utkarsh Verma of Lakhimpur Kheri district, and Arvind Kumar Verma of Gautam Buddha Nagar. The police recovered 8 phones, 13 SIM cards, 7 ATM cards, a chequebook, 4 passbooks, and cash worth Rs 70,000 from them.
United News of India
11-07-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Death threat to Chirag Paswan, FIR lodged at Cyber Crime Police Station
West Patna, July 11 (UNI) An FIR (first information report) was lodged today at the local Cyber Crime Police Station after Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) National President Chirag Paswan received an alleged death threat. LJP (Ram Vilas) Chief Spokesperson Rajesh Kumar alias Rajesh Bhatt said here that Chirag Paswan received a death threat through social media. He informed that the threat was made via an Instagram account named Tiger Meraj Idrisi, targeting Paswan on the Instagram account of YouTuber-journalist Dakshapriya. The message on Instagram threatened to kill the minister by bombing him. Bhatt said that such a threat reflects criminal tendencies and involvement in unlawful activities. Taking the matter seriously, he urged Police to act swiftly. He demanded that the suspected criminal be arrested immediately and given the strictest possible punishment. He added, 'This is not just an attack on a public representative and democracy but also a direct assault on Dalit leadership, which will not be tolerated.' Bhatt also appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure the safety and security of Chirag Paswan. UNI RS SS
The Hindu
07-07-2025
- The Hindu
Private firm employee duped by a ‘prospective bride' of ₹73.7 lakh
The South Division Cyber Crime Police have registered a case against an unknown person, who posing as a prospective bride, lured a 41-year-old man into investing money in a scheme that promised to pay huge returns and cheated him of ₹73.7 lakh. Based on the complaint filed by Rama Rao (name changed), a resident of Banashankari, the police have charged the accused under Information Technology Act, 2000 and also under section 318(4) (offence of cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property) and 319(2) (Cheating by Personation) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023, for further investigation. The complainant, on March 16, 2025, befriended the accused, who claimed to be Shreya Sharma, on a matrimonial website and exchanged contact numbers. The accused proposed to marry him and lured him into online trading claiming she was investing in it too and earning a huge margin of profit. Swayed by this, the complainant agreed to invest and since March to June this year invested a total of ₹73.7 lakhs of his savings on a website she introduced him to. The cheating came to light when the complainant realised that Shreya was asking him to invest more and more but there was neither a way of accessing his trading account nor an option to withdraw the profits. The complainant discussed this with his friends and realised that he had been cheated and raised a complaint on cybercrime helpline 1930 before approaching the police. According to the police this is not the first case of the same modus operandi. Fraudsters have taken to creating fake profiles on matrimonial platforms, gain people's trust by posing as prospective brides and grooms, and later introduce their targets to fraudulent high-return investment schemes and cheat them. Two such cases have been reported in East Division Cyber Crime Police Station as a bank employee and a owner of a second hand bikes showroom lost lakhs of rupees, to similar schemes.
Time of India
06-07-2025
- Time of India
Two cybercons dupe bizman of 47 lakh, arrested
Lucknow: The Cyber Crime Police team from Lucknow arrested two fraudsters, including a govt teacher from Odisha's Keonjhar district, for duping a man of Rs 47 lakh by impersonating a CBI officer and subjecting him to a fake digital house arrest. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Those arrested were identified as Kumar Sahu (33), a govt teacher of class 12, and Ranjit Kumar Behera (27). The case came to light on June 23, when businessman Ravindra Verma filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Lucknow. He reported receiving a call from an unknown person claiming to be a CBI officer. The caller alleged that Verma's Aadhaar and mobile number were being used for illegal activities and that an FIR was registered against him at Andheri East Police Station in Mumbai. The call was transferred to a fake police officer on WhatsApp video, who appeared in uniform and accused Verma of involvement in money laundering and narcotics-related crimes. The victim was coerced into isolating himself in a locked room, appearing on video continuously, and was told to transfer 99% of his assets to a "Supreme Court account" to avoid arrest. Believing he was under legal duress, Verma complied and ended up transferring Rs 47 lakh. Under the supervision of Lucknow Commissionerate's top officials and led by Inspector Brijesh Kumar Yadav, a joint team of the Cyber Crime Police and Cyber Cell tracked the suspects using technical surveillance and intelligence inputs. On July 4, they arrested the two accused from Keonjhar, Odisha, and brought them to Lucknow for interrogation. Additional DCP, Crime, Vasanth Kumar, said that the fraudsters would randomly target individuals, falsely claim their IDs were linked to serious offences like drug trafficking or terrorism, and pose as officials from the CBI, ED, or police. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "Through WhatsApp or Skype video calls they would frighten victims into compliance," he said. The duo converted the defrauded money into cryptocurrency (USDT) to avoid detection. They used corporate credit cards obtained under fake identities and registered their own mobile numbers to operate bank accounts and payment gateways, the officer added. During questioning the arrested accused revealed that Rs 27 lakh from Verma was routed through an ICICI Bank corporate credit card to a few accounts controlled by Jayant Sahu.
