According to the police, on November 28, 2025, a person filed a complaint. The complaint stated, “An individual posing as a police officer placed him under a “digital arrest", intimidated him and fraudulently obtained a total of Rs 78 lakh through bank transfers.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered under the relevant sections at the Cyber Crime (South) Police Station.
While investigating, the cyber police team arrested two accused in connection with the case.
The accused were identified as Mohammad Saif Ali of Bhagalpur, Bihar and Saurabh Kumar of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, residing in Ghaziabad.
Saif was arrested from Bhagalpur on June 3, while Saurabh was arrested from Ghaziabad on June 5. Saif was produced before the court on June 4 and remanded to two days of police custody.
“During police interrogation, it was revealed that Rs 24 lakh of the defrauded amount had been transferred into Saif Ali’s bank account. Saif admitted that he sold this bank account to Saurabh Kumar for Rs 70,000. Saurabh, in turn, sold the same account to another individual for Rs 2.2 lakh. The investigation further revealed that 52 complaints were already registered in connection with fraudulent transactions involving Saif Ali’s bank account. We are questioning the accused,” said Gaurav Phogat, ACP Cyber.
