Ara: The cyber police of Bhojpur on Tuesday arrested a cybercriminal for allegedly “digitally arresting” a govt doctor and duping him of Rs19 lakh. The accused was apprehended from Vijay Nagar in New Delhi after remaining on the run for months.The arrested accused, identified as Upendra Singh, originally hails from Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Police said he holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from a reputed law college in Jaipur, though his attendance there was irregular.Addressing a press conference on Tuesday evening, DSP-cum-SHO of Bhojpur cyber police station Sneh Setu said Dr Ram Nivas Prasad, currently posted at Sadar Hospital, Ara, had lodged a complaint on July 1, 2025.“In his complaint, the doctor stated that on June 26 he received a call from a person posing as an ATS officer. The caller claimed that an arrest warrant had been issued against him by a district court in Pune and even provided a fake case number. The fraudster ‘digitally arrested’ the doctor and threatened him with legal consequences, warning him not to inform anyone or step out of his house. He then coerced the doctor into transferring Rs19 lakh,” the DSP said.The officer added that on the instructions of the Bhojpur SP, a special cyber police team led by him was constituted to track down the accused. “We had been tracking him for the past seven months, but he managed to evade arrest. This time, the team outsmarted him and arrested him from Delhi,” he said.During the investigation, the alleged connivance of a deputy bank manager also came to light. Police have issued a notice to him in connection with the case.Explaining the modus operandi, the DSP said the accused would convince bank officials to open multiple accounts in the name of business transactions. He would then transfer the extorted money into those accounts after placing victims under so-called digital arrest.During interrogation, Singh disclosed the names of several accomplices, which police are currently verifying.A few months ago, two persons were arrested in Delhi in connection with the same case. They had revealed Singh’s name as the main accused, who was allegedly operating the fraud racket from the national capital.
