Ahmedabad, September 27, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two more accused and conducted searches at 22 locations across 10 states in connection with a Rs 11.42 crore digital arrest case in Gujarat.
The action was carried out under Operation Chakra-VI as part of the agency’s ongoing crackdown on cybercrime syndicates involved in digital arrest frauds.
According to the CBI, the victim was allegedly kept under digital arrest for around three months by cybercriminals posing as police officers and officials of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The victim was allegedly coerced into transferring Rs 11.42 crore to bank accounts controlled by the syndicate.
The searches, based on financial and technical analysis of the money trail, resulted in the seizure of banking documents, account records, digital devices and other evidence. The material is being examined forensically to trace the wider financial and technological network operating across state borders.
The agency identified the two arrested accused as Himanshu Prasad and Unis Biswas. The CBI said its investigation indicated their alleged roles in receiving, layering and dispersing proceeds of crime.
Investigators also found that the bank account of M/s Hexaquest Global Private Limited was allegedly used to receive Rs 2.5 crore of the Rs 11.42 crore defrauded from the victim.
The CBI further alleged that the two accused were involved in using bank accounts and installing APK files to siphon off proceeds generated through digital arrest frauds and other cybercrimes.
Several incriminating chats, messages and documents were also recovered from the digital devices seized during the searches. Efforts are underway to identify and apprehend other members of the alleged network.
The CBI said it has taken over several digital arrest cases from different states, involving victims allegedly detained online by criminals impersonating law-enforcement and government officials and coerced into transferring large sums of money.
Over the past month, the agency has conducted coordinated searches at 142 locations across 22 states and arrested 17 accused persons as part of efforts to trace the proceeds of crime and identify the beneficiaries and handlers behind the syndicates.
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