The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said it arrested three persons in connection with the ongoing investigation into the digital arrest fraud, under the aegis of ongoing Operation Chakra V.
A statement from the agency on Tuesday said, “One accused was arrested from Kerala while the other two were arrested from Gujarat. The arrests were made following the recovery of critical digital and documentary evidence establishing their active role in the conspiracy. The accused were found to be directly involved in providing domestic facilitation support, including financial channels, to the perpetrators operating from other locations including from the foreign countries.”
Operation Chakra V is part of CBI’s ongoing efforts to dismantle transnational cyber enabled networks involved in large scale financial fraud targeting Indian citizens.
The arrested individuals were produced before the competent local courts in Kerala and Gujarat. After obtaining transit warrants, they were brought to Delhi and produced before the CBI Court.
The arrests follow the extensive nationwide searches conducted by CBI at around 40 locations across Delhi NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala, and West Bengal in the first week of October.
Those searches had led to the seizure of critical evidence, including digital devices, KYC documents, SIM cards, and communication records, which revealed the existence of an organised domestic facilitation network supporting syndicate including foreign based cybercriminals, the CBI said.
