Prayagraj, 5 Oct (HS): The

Cyber Crime Station / George Town Police in Prayagraj has arrested one accused

belonging to an interstate cyber fraud gang. The operation successfully led to

freezing Rs. 64,61,990 of the defrauded money. Victim is a female doctor residing in the George Town

area of Prayagraj. The fraudster and his gang kept the victim under

digital arrest for nearly a month. The criminals impersonated fake

CBI officers. They threatened the victim by claiming a parcel booked in her

name was intercepted containing illegal drugs. Through continuous digital surveillance

and intimidation, they coerced her into transferring a total of Rs. 1.78

crore into multiple bank accounts.

Following

the complaint, the Prayagraj Cyber Police intervened rapidly, tracking down the

transaction layers to successfully freeze Rs. 64.61 lakh. A female physician

from Prayagraj reportedly fell victim tocyber fraudsters who heldher under digital confinement for close to a month, defrauding her of approximately Rs 1.78 crore. The victim, residing in George Town, got

a call from an unidentified number roughly a month ago. The caller asserted they were a staff member of a delivery service and informed her that a package had been ordered in her name. Shortly

thereafter, a different caller pretending

to be a CBI officer informed her that narcotics had been discovered in the package. The scammers reportedly advised

her against discussing the issue and threatened to take her into custody. They also acquired her banking and personal information under

the guise of an investigation.

As per cyber police,

the suspect monitored the woman online

for almost a month and compelled her to send approximately Rs 1.78 crore to various bank

accounts. Even after getting the money,

they kept asking for more. The doctor ultimately contacted the cyber crime police

and filed a report, after which an FIR was recorded. Inspector

Raghavendra Singh of the Cyber Crime

Police Station stated that an inquiry

was in progress based on the lodged complaint. Authorities are investigating the bank accounts where the funds were moved and will utilize the transaction information to pinpoint those responsible.

On

26.08.2026, the plaintiff Kiran Kala, wife of Brajbhushan, resident of

Georgetown Police Station, Prayagraj, was contacted by unknown cyber criminals

through WhatsApp call posing as an employee of Bluedart Courier Company and a

cyber police officer. They made a false claim that a parcel of drugs had

arrived in her name and that her Aadhar card was attached, and threatened to

keep her and her family in jail for life and ruin their lives, and mentally

terrorized and digitally arrested her. Thereafter, on the pretext of removing

her name from the case and saving her from legal action, a total of Rs. 1,78,60,000/-

(one crore seventy eight lakh sixty thousand rupees) was fraudulently

transferred from the victim to various bank accounts. In this regard, on the basis of the complaint

given by the plaintiff, on 01.10.2026, FIR No. 58/2026 under sections 318(4),

319(2), 308 was registered at Cyber Crime Police Station, Prayagraj. FIR under

66C, 66D IT Act were registered and a police team was formed to uncover the

incident.

The

police team after observation of KYC, financial transactions (Fund Flow) of the

bank accounts used in the incident and CDR and CAF analysis of the mobile

numbers used by the accused during digital arrest, revealed that the bank

account number-50200113234694 used in cyber fraud belongs to accused Ayush

Awasthi son of late Manoj Kumar resident of village and post Sikandrabad police

station Neemgaon district Lakhimpur Kheri Uttar Pradesh, who was arrested by Cyber

Crime Police Station Prayagraj police team by taking prompt action on

04.09.2026 at around 21.00 hrs from the residence village of the accused and

further legal action was taken.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi