The Cyber Crime Police have arrested 19-year-old Anandkumar Danuram Verma from Nagpur, Maharashtra, for his alleged involvement in a cyber fraud amounting to Rs 80 lakh. The arrest was made following a complaint lodged by a 59-year-old resident of Loli em, Canacona, South Goa. According to police reports, the accused impersonated officials from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Sahar Police Station and even posed as a Public Prosecutor.
He allegedly intimidated the complain ant by falsely claiming that a criminal case had been registered against him for sending offensive messag es against the Hindu reli gion and the Government of India. The accused further claimed that a mobile number used in the al leged offence was regis tered using the complain ant’s Aadhaar card. Under the pretext of placing the victim under a so-called ‘digital arrest’, the com plainant was coerced into transferring a total of Rs 80 lakh. Following a technical investigation and finan cial analysis, the suspect was identified.
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A police team led by PSI Sherwin da Cos ta, along with PC Sanjiv Gawas and PC Sunil Renati, under the su pervision of SP Rahul Gupta, IPS; ASP B V Shridevi, IPS; and PI Deepak Pednekar, travelled to Nagpur and apprehended the accused. Preliminary investi gations revealed that fraudulent funds were routed through bank ac counts linked to the ac cused. A detailed money trail analysis is currently underway. The accused has been produced before the court, and police custody has been secured. Further investigation is continu ing under the supervision of PI Deepak Pednekar, Cyber Crime Police Sta tion, Goa
