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Two more fraudsters held by Odisha Crime Branch in digital arrest scam

Bhubaneswar, June 14 (UNI) The Odisha Crime Branch has made significant progress in the Rs 1.08 crore "Digital Arrest" fraud case with the arrest of two more fraudsters from Gujarat, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to six.
According to Crime Branch sources on Saturday, the investigation team, led by investigating officer DSP Anila Anand, analysed transaction records and other digital evidence.
Based on this intelligence, the team conducted a raid in Sihor, Bhavnagar (Gujarat), and successfully apprehended two key accused: Vaghela Arvindsinh and Gohli Vishvarajsinh Bharat Sinha.
The accused were brought to Odisha on transit remand and produced before the Court of SDJM, Bhubaneswar, on Friday.
During the operation, the team seized several incriminating items, including two iPhones, SIM cards, Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, a bank passbook, and other evidence. Investigators have also frozen multiple bank accounts linked to the accused.
The case dates back to August 20, 2024, when a complainant from Bhubaneswar reported to the Cyber Crime Police Station that he had been defrauded by unidentified cyber criminals impersonating officials from DHL, the Mumbai Crime Branch, and other government agencies.
The fraudsters falsely accused the victim of criminal involvement using his Aadhaar credentials and placed him under continuous video surveillance between August 9 and 14.
They coerced him into isolating himself in a hotel room and, under the threat of arrest and media exposure, extracted personal and financial information from him.
The victim was persuaded to liquidate his investments and transfer a total of Rs 1,08,32,000 in multiple transactions under the guise of account verification and the issuance of a No Objection Certificate (NoC).
Upon realising he had been scammed, the victim lodged an FIR.
The accused and their accomplices posed as officials from DHL, the Mumbai Crime Branch, the CBI, and other government agencies.
It has now been established that they cheated the complainant of Rs 1,08,32,000 under the pretence of a criminal investigation related to the alleged misuse of his Aadhaar details and the issuance of a NoC.
They have been charged under Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 61(2), and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 66-C and 66-D of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
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