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In a major breakthrough against cyber criminals, the Cyber Crime Police Station, UT Chandigarh has successfully arrested Six (06) key accused involved Digital arrest fraud.The accused was arrested in connection FIR No. 03 dated 09.01.2026 Police Station: Cyber Crime, UT Chandigarh Under Sections 308, 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) & 61(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023has been registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, UT Chandigarh.
The operation was carried out under the dynamic leadership of Ms. Geetanjali Khandelwal, IPS, SP-Cyber Crime, UT Chandigarh, with strategic guidance from Sh. A. Venkatesh, DSP Cyber Crime, and the close supervision of Inspector Ms. Eram Rizvi, SHO, PS-Cyber Crime, Sector 17, Chandigarh.
Details of the Accused: Veena Rani, D/o Bhajan Singh from District Firozpur, Punjab Age: 29 years, Satnam Singh, S/o Mukhtyar Singh from District Ferozepur, Punjab Age: 40 years, Sukhdeep Singh @ Sukh, S/o Pipal Singh from District Fazilka, Punjab Age: 28 years, Dharminder Singh @ Laddi, S/o Satwinder Singh from District Fazilka, Punjab, Age: 40 years, Mukesh @ Prince, S/o Sh. Ganesh Dass from Sector-45, Chandigarh, Age: 25 years AND Fazal Rocky, S/o Abdur Rashid, from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Case background : The case was registered from a complaint by a Chandigarh resident. The complainant reported that on 07.01.2026 at about 5:50 PM, he received threatening calls from unknown numbers, wherein the callers falsely claimed to be officials from Colaba Police Station, Mumbai, and alleged that his card was involved in a money-laundering case.
He was criminally intimidated with threats of arrest, confiscation of property, and dire consequences if he attempted to leave his house.
Soon thereafter, the complainant received WhatsApp video calls from another unknown number displaying the name “Colaba Mumbai Police”, during which a person wearing a police uniform continued to threaten and falsely declared his arrest. and forged arrest warrants and fabricated documents were sent to them via WhatsApp.
Later, another call appeared as “CBI Director” on WhatsApp, during which the caller falsely stated that the complainant’s Aadhaar card had been misused in money-laundering activities. Under intense fear and intimidation, the complainant was coerced into transferring ₹38,00,000/- through RTGS into a bank account as directed by the accused.
The complainant stated that he and his wife remained illegal phone arrest from the evening of 07.01.2026 till the evening of 08.01.2026. By impersonating law enforcement agencies, using forged documents, the accused persons dishonestly cheated the complainant of ₹38,00,000/-.
INVESTIGATION: During the course of the investigation, the Cyber Crime Police Station obtained the KYC and beneficiary details of the suspected bank accounts from the concerned bank. Financial analysis revealed that on 08.01.2026, an amount of ₹4.50 lakh was withdrawn through a cheque from a bank from chandigarh account linked to the second layer of fraud proceeds. The account was found to be in the name of Ms. Veena, a resident of District Firozpur, Punjab.
On 09.01.2026, technical surveillance and mobile location analysis confirmed her presence in the Chandigarh area. Acting on this input, a targeted raid was conducted in Sector-32, Chandigarh, where she was located near Nirman Theatre and was arrested. During questioning, she admitted her involvement in withdrawing cyber-fraud money and disclosed that she had handed over ₹4.40 lakh to her associates in exchange for commission.
Based on her disclosure, a follow-up raid was carried out in the Sector-45/Burail area, during which Dharminder @ Laddi, Sukhdeep @ Sukh, and Satnam were identified and arrested. The accused further revealed that the fraud money was being converted into cryptocurrency (USDT) with the assistance of another associate, Mukesh @ Prince.
Subsequently, Mukesh @ Prince was traced through technical inputs and arrested from Burail, Chandigarh. During interrogation, recoveries including cash, mobile phones, bank-related documents, electronic devices, and ornaments were made.
It was further revealed that the accused persons arranged multiple bank accounts to convert cyber-fraud money into USDT through various cryptocurrency platforms, as per the directions of Rocky from chennai.
After obtaining permission from the senior officer, a raid was conducted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. During the raid, one person namely Fazal Rocky, son of Abdur Rashid, resident of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, was arrested from his rented room.
During the personal search of the accused and the search of his rented room, two mobile phones, two laptops, and passbooks and cheque books of various bank accounts were recovered. Upon examination of one mobile phone bearing a specific IMEI number, it was found that the accused was in contact with his co-accused namely Mukesh @ Prince, Dharminder Harman @ Laddi, and Sukhdeep @ Sukh. It was further revealed that the accused had uninstalled the WhatsApp application from the said mobile phone and had disposed of the SIM cards used for communication with the co-accused.
The accused further disclosed that he was in contact with certain Chinese nationals through the Telegram application, to whom he had provided information that fraud amount about to credited inbank account of other accused. As per their directions, he was instructed regarding when to withdraw money and from which bank accounts.
Acting on these instructions, the accused further directed his associates Veena and Sukhdeep to withdraw money through cheques. Thereafter, the withdrawn amount was used to purchase USDT from Mukesh @ Prince. In lieu of these transactions, the accused received a commission of 10% on each transaction and transferred the USDT as per direction of Rocky.
Due to the coordinated efforts of the portal operator of NCRP and the MHA I4C portal operator from PS Cyber Crime, the investigation team was able to ensure that the maximum amount of the victim was placed on hold in the alleged bank accounts.The alleged mobile devices and bank accounts have been sent to the cyber forensic lab for investigation, where the team is reviewing all aspects of the case
Recovered from Accused
From Price: Cash, mobile phones, bank-related documents, electronic devices, and ornaments.
From Veena: Two bank accounts, one mobile phone, cheque book, and passbook.
From Sukhdeep: Two bank accounts, four ATM cards, one mobile phone, and other documents.
From Dharminder Singh: Seven ATM cards, seven passbooks, six cheque books, one mobile phone, and other documents.
From Satnam: Two ATM cards, one cheque book, two passbooks, and one mobile phone.
From Fazol Rocky: Two mobile phones, two laptops, passbooks, and cheque books.