Three men have been arrested in Gurugram in connection with $42.92 lakh digital arrest case has been made here, while two other accused were arrested earlier in the same case, police said on Wednesday.
According to the police, on May 12, a person filed a complaint stating that between May 7 and May 11, a person posing as a CBI officer digitally captured him and, through intimidation and threats, fraudulently induced him to transfer a total of $42.92 lakh via RTGS.
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They added that based on the complaint, a case was filed under the relevant departments of the Cybercrime Police Station (West).
The accused have been identified as Sohail Akhtar, Anas Ansari and Usman, residents of Roorkee, Haridwar in Uttarakhand. Akhtar and Ansari were arrested from Roorkee on June 2, while Usman was arrested from Roorkee on June 3, police said.
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Earlier, two other accused, Avdesh, a resident of Kinana village, Jind district and Manoj Kumar, a resident of Rewari in Haryana, were arrested on May 17 in connection with the same case.
“During police interrogation, it was revealed that Avdesh, Kumar and Akhtar were the account holders to whose bank accounts the fraudulent funds were transferred. In return, they received money in exchange for allowing their accounts to be used,” the police said.
Ansari and Usman allegedly withdrew the commission money and handed it over to another person. They added that further investigations are underway.
