Chandigarh: Man Arrested from Howrah in ₹9.51 Lakh ‘Digital Arrest’ Fraud Case

August 15, 2026

Chandigarh: Chandigarh Police have arrested a 34-year-old man from Howrah, West Bengal, in connection with an alleged ‘digital arrest’ fraud involving ₹9.51 lakh, officials said on Saturday.

The accused, identified as Raj Kumar Shaw, was arrested by the Cyber Crime team of Sector 17 Police Station in connection with an FIR registered on September 27, 2024.

According to police, the case was registered following a complaint by a Chandigarh resident who alleged that ₹9,51,347 was transferred from her bank account after she was threatened with a digital arrest.

Victim allegedly threatened with false cases

During the investigation, police found that the accused allegedly contacted the woman and falsely claimed that she was involved in money laundering and human trafficking.

Fearing the allegations, the victim allegedly transferred ₹9,51,347 to a bank account provided by the fraudster.

Police said technical investigation and analysis of the money trail revealed that the fraud amount was allegedly credited to a bank account linked to Shaw.

Accused arrested from Howrah

Based on the technical and field investigation, a Chandigarh Police team conducted a raid in Howrah and arrested Shaw.

During interrogation, Shaw allegedly disclosed the involvement of another person in the crime, police said.

The accused was subsequently sent to judicial custody, while further investigation is underway to identify and arrest other persons allegedly involved in the fraud.

The arrest was carried out under the direction of SP-Cyber Geetanjali Khandelwal, with the guidance of the DSP Cyber Crime and IT and supervision of the SHO, Cyber Crime Police Station, Sector 17.

Police also bust China-linked cyber fraud syndicate

In a separate case, police said the staff of PS Cyber, South West District, had busted a China-linked cyber fraud syndicate allegedly involved in supplying mule bank accounts to foreign fraudsters running work-from-home task-based scams.

Four people, including an account supplier, account operator, agent and account holder, have been arrested in that case.

Police said multiple bank passbooks, SIM cards, mobile phones and records of commission transactions were recovered during the investigation.

The case involved an alleged ₹12 lakh cyber fraud in which the complainant was contacted through Telegram and offered a lucrative work-from-home job. The victim was allegedly asked to deposit money as security for completing online tasks and was later induced to make further payments on different pretexts when he attempted to withdraw his earnings.