Don't be fooled by digital arrest, Enforcement Directorate advised the public

Latest News :- The public should be aware of the 'digital arrest' issue. The Enforcement Department has advised that no one should be cheated on cell phones and social media. Cyber ​​crime has been increasing in India since last few years. Especially the incidents of extorting money from the public in the name of 'digital arrest' are increasing. More than 65,000 cases have been reported across the country in the last 10 years alone. Fraud worth more than Rs 4.69 lakh crore is going on.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also made the public aware of this issue through the program 'Maandin Vore'. Enforcement department sources said: We have recently caught a 'digital arrest' gang in Vadodara, Gujarat. At that time 18 people including 4 Taiwanese were arrested. The 'Digital Arrest' gang is operating from a small room on rent in a popular commercial complex in Vadodara.

There, about 20 people a day are contacting the public using sophisticated cell phones, threatening them and extorting money. Similarly, 'Digital Arrest' gangs are active in cities like Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. 761 SIM cards, 120 cell phones, 96 check books, 92 debit cards and 42 bank account books were seized from the Vadodara gang. Cyber ​​crime in India mostly involves gangs from countries like Taiwan, China and Thailand. There are more than 50 'digital arrest' gangs active not only in India but across South Asia.

A target has been set to defraud one center up to Rs 10 crore per day. In this way, fraud worth crores of rupees is taking place every day in India in the name of 'Digital Arrest'. The public should be aware of this. Don't fool anyone on cellphones and social media. No government organization can threaten the public by contacting them on cell phones. The hearing will not even be held through video. People should understand this clearly. According to law, there is no such thing as 'digital arrest'. Sources in the enforcement department said this.

Eight people have been arrested in the case of 'digital arrest' in Karnataka's capital Bengaluru. A statement issued by the Enforcement Department said that: 8 people named Saran Raj, Kiran, Shashi Kumar, Sachin Tamilarasan, Prakash, Ajit and Aravindan have been arrested in Bengaluru in connection with cyber crime. They have defrauded the public of Rs 159 crore. All eight were produced before the special court in Bengaluru and sent to jail.

8 people are contacting people on cell phones pretending to be CBI officers and customs officers. They are threatening the public with 'digital arrest'. Those who fell for it lost their money to fraudsters. They advertised through social media claiming that they would earn more profits in the stock market. Hundreds of SIM cards have been recovered from the gang. Bank accounts of 24 fake companies have been frozen.

All the eight arrested have links to fraud gangs in Hong Kong and Thailand. The arrested person Tamilarasan has opened bank accounts in the name of fake companies. He acts as a bridge between foreign fraud gangs and Indian gangs. Aravindan and Prakash acted as directors of fake companies and transferred money to various bank accounts. All eight people are still being investigated. The public should be extremely cautious about 'digital arrest'. This has been said in the report of the Enforcement Department.