Key Highlights
- Om Taneja and Dr.
- Indra Taneja speak to the media following the alleged digital arrest scam | Photo: Screen grab X/PTINew Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested three men from Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh in connection with a high-value cyber fraud in which an elderly NRI doctor couple were allegedly cheated of nearly ₹15 crore through a “digital arrest” scam.
- The accused have been identified as Divyang Patel, K S Tiwari and Krutik Shitoli. Also ReadAl Falah University hired terror-linked doctors without police verification, ED allegesHaryana Police doubles down on online misinformation, removes over 580 links and profiles19-minute viral video lie out: The terrifying 9:44 and 12:46 MMS scam hijacking social mediaRs 15 lakh cyber scam in Kannur: Gang posed as ED officialsNationwide cyber scam uncovered: Bhubaneswar police arrest 12 individuals Investigators found that on December 29 last year, about ₹4 crore of the total ₹14.85 crore was transferred into a bank account registered in the name of an NGO run by Divyang Patel, police said.
- Krutik Shitoli allegedly acted as a facilitator, arranging mule accounts and also receiving part of the proceeds in his own account.
- Around ₹4 crore of the defrauded amount was transferred into Patel’s account, officers added.
