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Navi Mumbai cops bust digital arrest fraud ring, three held
Updated On: 30 May, 2025 04:58 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
As detailed in the release, the trio utilised a sophisticated modus operandi, employing "fake letterheads of the Income Tax department, CBI, ED, and the Supreme Court"
Digital arrest is an online scam where fraudsters, impersonating law enforcement agencies, threaten people with arrest via video calls. Representational Pic
Authorities in Navi Mumbai have dismantled an interstate gang implicated in digital arrest frauds, apprehending three individuals who allegedly defrauded victims by impersonating government officials and coercing them into transferring substantial amounts of money, officials disclosed on Thursday.
The individuals, identified as Ramesh Babulal Seth (45), Amish Deepak Tulsidas Shah (42), both residents of Mumbai, and Rajkumar Gelaram Narang (55) from Ahmedabad, were apprehended by the Central Crime Unit (CCU) of the Navi Mumbai police, as stated in an official release, reported PTI.
While Seth and Shah have been remanded to custody by a local court, Narang remains in police custody until May 30,
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