Vizianagaram police arrest 5 in digital arrest scam

Vizianagaram: District police arrested five persons from Maharashtra, who involved in a case related to money extortion in the name of digital arrest. The cops recovered 10 lakh cash and 9.2 lakh worth gold jewellery from the gang. Later, the also managed to freeze 20 lakh in transactions after a victim lodged complaint of being defrauded. Vakul Jindal, superintendent of police in Vizianagaram, on Monday said that a retired lecturer in the town fell victim to a digital arrest scam of 40 lakh in Oct this year. Cybercrooks posed as police personnel claimed that a parcel containing some narcotics, with her name on it, had been sent to somewhere. Through video calls and threats of arrest, the fraudsters manipulated her into transferring funds to various accounts.Inspector of One-Town police station S Srinivas and his team investigated the case based on the transactions of the money in various accounts. They nabbed one M Tariq Bhat of Jammu and Kashmir. Upon questioning, Tariq confessed that he sold his bank account to some cybercriminals. Based on the clue, the cops visited Maharashtra. There, they nabbed Chandrakanth Suthar, Klevin Glen, Nitin Nandalal Saroj and Saif Talamee Damandh.