Ahmedabad Times

Three males have been arrested in Gurugram in reference to a ₹42.92 lakh digital arrest case right here, whereas two different accused have been earlier arrested in the identical case, police stated on Wednesday.

In line with the police, on Could 12, an individual filed a criticism stating that between Could 7 and Could 11, a person posing as a CBI officer digitally arrested him and, by way of intimidation and threats, fraudulently induced him to switch a complete of ₹42.92 lakh by way of RTGS.

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Based mostly on the criticism, a case was registered beneath the related sections on the Cyber Crime Police Station (West), they added.

The accused have been recognized as Suhail Akhtar, Anas Ansari and Usman, residents of Roorkee, Haridwar in Uttarakhand. Akhtar and Ansari have been arrested from Roorkee on June 2, whereas Usman was arrested from Roorkee on June 3, the police stated.

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Earlier, two different accused, Avdhesh, a resident of Village Kinana, District Jind and Manoj Kumar, a resident of Rewari in Haryana, have been arrested on Could 17 in reference to the identical case.

“Throughout police interrogation, it was revealed that Avdhesh, Kumar and Akhtar have been the account holders into whose financial institution accounts the defrauded cash was transferred. In return, they obtained cost for permitting their accounts for use,” the police stated.

Ansari and Usman allegedly withdrew the money on fee and handed it over to a different particular person. Additional investigation is underway, they added.