Gurgaon: A 78-year-old man from Ahmedabad, who allegedly helped cyber criminals defraud a senior citizen of over Rs 1 crore by posing as CBI officers, was arrested from Gujarat.Baldev Bhai Babu Bhai Brahmbhatt was arrested by the central team of Faridabad Cyber police station from Ahmedabad on June 9 and was later sent to judicial custody by a local court after a resident of Faridabad Sector 85 lodged a complaint with police.The victim said that on March 30, he received a phone call from a person claiming to be a CBI officer. The caller informed the victim that a bank account in Bengaluru was opened in his name and was being used for serious crimes, including money laundering and human trafficking. The fraudsters then threatened the victim with arrest and legal action.They convinced him that, as part of an official investigation, the money in his bank accounts needed to be transferred to designated accounts for verification under the instructions of Reserve Bank of India and Supreme Court. To make their claims appear genuine, the scammers sent forged documents carrying fake seals of the RBI, income tax department and SC.Believing the story to be genuine, the victim transferred Rs 1.2 crore from different bank accounts during April 2026. When he later tried to recover the money, all the contact numbers used by the fraudsters were found switched off. A case was subsequently registered by the police.According to police, Brahmbhatt played a key role by arranging and providing a bank account that was used to receive part of the fraud amount. Investigators found that around Rs 32 lakh from the cheated money was transferred into the account.Police said the account belonged to a resident of Jaipur — Amit — who knew Brahmbhatt for several years. Brahmbhatt called Amit to Ahmedabad, collected his banking details and kept him in a hotel for nearly 10 days while the account was being used by cyber fraudsters. Once the account stopped functioning, Amit was sent back. Police earlier arrested Amit, the account holder, in connection with the case.
