Rs 77 Lakh Digital Arrest Scam with Chandigarh woman, 2 accused from Maharashtra arrested

August 21, 2025

A Chandigarh woman was digitally arrested and duped of Rs 77,42,420. The Chandigarh Cyber ​​Crime Police have arrested two accused in this case. The accused have been identified as Sajid Ahmed A Patel and Shahid Rafique Mulla, residents of Maharashtra. The criminals had told the woman that they were Crime Branch officers.

Number used to open account in Mumbai

The fraudsters deceived the woman that her Aadhaar card was used to obtain a SIM card and open a bank account in Mumbai. This account was used in a money laundering case related to Jet Airways CEO Naresh Goyal. On this pretext, the accused showed her arrest warrants and Supreme Court orders on WhatsApp calls and transferred money by threatening to harm the family and implicate and arrest her in a case.

The accused called himself officer of crime branch

The victim received a call on July 10, 2025. The caller introduced himself as an officer of the Crime Branch. After this, the accused and his accomplices kept making WhatsApp calls continuously. They intimidated the victim and transferred money through four different RTGS. The victim transferred a total of Rs 77,42,420 from Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India and HDFC Bank to the accounts of the accused.

When he came to know about this, he immediately complained to the police. On July 15, the Cyber ​​Crime Police Station registered an FIR and started investigating the matter.

During the investigation, the police identified the accused with the help of call details, CAF and bank KYC. The main accused, Sajid Ahmed A Patel (30), a resident of Maharashtra, was arrested on August 14. A mobile phone, SIM card, PAN card, and SBI ATM card were recovered from him.

Mobile Phones, cards recovered from accused

On the information given by Sajid, the police also arrested his accomplice, Shahid Rafiq Mulla (37). Two Samsung Fold 5 mobiles, one Oppo 5G phone, Aadhaar card, two PAN cards, one Federal Bank ATM card and one driving license were recovered from him. Both the accused have been taken on police remand. After the complaint, the Cyber ​​Crime Police Station with the help of the bank seized an amount of Rs 20 lakh 16 thousand 300 from the accounts of the accused