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The Madanapalle constabulary of Annamayya territory connected Monday (December 01, 2025) cracked a large planetary cyber-fraud syndicate operating crossed the state nether “digital arrest” scams by impersonating Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers. The constabulary arrested 3 cardinal accused identified arsenic Patan Imtiyaz Khan, Sheikh Ameen, and Sheikh Arshad.
Addressing a property league here, Superintendent of Police Dheeraj Kunubilli said that the pack was portion of a wider web operating from Cambodia and Kuwait, targeting susceptible individuals crossed India done intimidating video calls. The accused allegedly trapped a 75-year-old retired antheral caregiver Repuri Benjamin, from Madanapalle, by claiming that his PAN had been misused to unfastened fraudulent slope accounts. Producing fake receipts and threatening imminent arrest, they coerced him into transferring ₹48 lakh connected July 25, threatening that the CBI teams were “waiting extracurricular his house” to detain him.
The constabulary onslaught squad seized ₹32 lakh successful cash, 25 ATM cards, 3 mobile phones and 4 SIM cards from the accused. Another ₹7.65 lakh was frozen successful assorted slope accounts. The SP said that a well-planned cognition was carried retired by the gang, they rerouted victims’ funds done aggregate accounts, withdrew currency from ATMs, and swiftly transferred funds utilizing CDM machines earlier wiping each integer traces connected WhatsApp and different platforms.
The breakthrough came aft cyber compartment units and the peculiar constabulary squad from Madanapalle tracked hawala-style wealth movements and matched instrumentality locations. SP Dheeraj Kunubilli appreciated Deputy SP (Madanapalle) S. Mahendra, Circle-Inspector Mohammed Rafi, Sub-Inspectors Ansar Basha and Shivakumar, and cyber compartment unit for their precision, speed, and coordination successful cracking the case.
The SP said that a deeper probe is nether mode to hint the gang’s overseas handlers, with peculiar parties moving to forestall further incidents of “digital arrest” scam.
