6 months ago
1
Police person arrested 42 radical successful southwest Delhi nether a peculiar thrust against cybercrime for their alleged engagement successful aggregate inter-state fraud modules that duped victims of much than ₹254 crore, an authoritative said connected Saturday (November 22, 2025).
The arrests were made during raids nether Operation CyHawk, and the constabulary said 23 FIRs were registered and 377 NCRP complaints were recovered linked to the accused.
A full of 3 laptops, 2 machine systems, 43 mobile phones, 17 passbooks, 2 cheque books, 14 debit cards and ₹1.6 lakh successful currency were recovered during the raids.
The constabulary said the crackdown targeted modules progressive successful ATM fraud, 'digital arrest' scams, job-fraud operations, digital-marketing fraud, USDT-based laundering, cheque-withdrawal syndicates and ample mule-account networks operating crossed Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
Technical investigation of mule accounts flagged by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) revealed suspicious enactment successful 4 backstage slope accounts successful Kishangarh. The accounts were linked to fraud cases registered successful Kolkata and Mumbai, pursuing which a lawsuit was registered.
During the investigation, Asgar Ali (23) and Ankit Singh (26) -- some alleged mule-account suppliers -- were arrested. Their interrogation led the constabulary to the alleged mastermind, Ravi Kumar Singh (31), who was arrested aft a seven-day pursuit crossed Noida, Delhi and Ghaziabad.
Ravi allegedly operated fraudulent telephone centres successful Noida and Kotla Mubarakpur, and lured victims done fake occupation advertisements for backstage airlines. He besides routed proceeds of cheating done mule accounts with the assistance of different accused, Ravi Mishra, constabulary said.
Three further suspects — Rajan Singh Negi (32), Kamlesh Pal (35) and a 24-year-old pistillate — were arrested from a functioning telephone centre successful Kotla Mubarakpur. Ten keypad phones, 5 smartphones, 2 laptops, 1 machine strategy and a registry containing details of fraudulent transactions were seized.
In a abstracted case, an FIR was registered aft it was recovered that slope accounts successful the sanction of Rajesh Kumar were utilized to retreat fraud proceeds successful astatine slightest six NCRP complaints. Raids conducted successful Mandawali and Najafgarh led to the apprehension of Rajesh (31) and 3 accomplices -- Sajan Kumar (27), Akash Kumar (25) and Gopal Yadav (25).
The constabulary recovered 17 passbooks, 8 debit cards, 3 mobile phones and Rs 1.6 lakh successful cash.
In different case, a existent relationship opened successful the sanction of Dynamic Dreams was recovered linked to 244 cybercrime complaints involving losses of astir Rs 186 crore. A lawsuit was registered and 1 of the relationship holders, Ranjit Singh (41), was arrested aft raids successful Nilothi.
In different case, 5 slope accounts successful the sanction of Gayatri Kumari (23) were traced to 23 cybercrime complaints. Gayatri was arrested from Dabri Extension, and her interrogation led to the apprehension of Aman Bhardwaj (32), who constabulary accidental helped person the cheated funds into USDT cryptocurrency.
Further probe is underway.
