Ranchi: A cybercriminal has been arrested from Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Saturday on charges of scamming an elderly person Rs 49.88 lakh under the pretext of account verification after placing him under digital arrest for ‘being involved in a Rs 300cr scam’, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said on Monday.The key accused of the case, Ravi Hansmukhlal Dodhaniya, was apprehended based on technical analysis and inputs from the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. He was brought to Ranchi on transit remand and sent to jail on Monday, the CID added. The cybercriminals impersonating as Bengaluru police officials made a video call to the victim and accused him of being involved in a Rs 300cr scam. They showed him fake office identity cards and kept him under digital arrest for several days while forcing him to transfer the money to another account, the sleuths said.Acting on the complaint lodged by the victim, a case was registered under various sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act with the CID cybercrime police station on May 14 .During investigation, CID found that an Indian Bank account, which was used in the case, had a credit of Rs 79 lakh on a single day. The CID has frozen the bank account and is scrutinising all the transactions. Further investigation is under way in the case and more inter-state linkages are expected to be uncovered, the sleuths added.Urging citizens to not transfer money under any kind of pressure or threat from unknown individuals, the CID stated that no govt agency, including the Central Bureau of Investigation, the National Investigation Agency, the Narcotics Control Bureau, or the state police arrests any one via video call or demands payment.
