Team Goemkarponn
Panaji: Cyber Crime Police Station, Goa, has arrested a key accused involved in a high-value cyber fraud case amounting to ₹25,50,000/-.
The offence was registered under Crime No. 23/2025, U/S 318(4), 319(2) r/w 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and Section 66-D of the IT Act, based on a complaint filed by a resident of Vasco da Gama, South Goa.
The accused, using WhatsApp numbers 995XXXX993, 912XXXX251, and 98XXXXX77, impersonated officers from TRAI and the CBI. He falsely claimed that the complainant’s Aadhaar number was linked to money laundering activities and placed the victim under so-called digital arrest.
Through threats and coercion, the complainant was made to transfer ₹25.5 lakh via RTGS transactions.
Following detailed technical and financial analysis, the police identified and tracked down the accused — Mr. S. Rakesh, a resident of Vinayaka Nagar, Banashankari, South Bengaluru. He was working at a Flipkart warehouse in the Hulimavu area.
A police team led by PSI Mandar Gaonkar, along with HC Viraj Narvekar and PC Shashank Gaude, and under the supervision of PI Deepak Pednekar, ASP Akshat Ayush, IPS, and SP Rahul Gupta, IPS, arrested the accused in Bengaluru.
Investigations revealed that the accused had received the defrauded amount in his bank account (YES Bank A/c No. 0022814XXXXX602, IFSC: YESB000002). Further scrutiny shows this account is linked to 22 other cyber fraud cases across Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Odisha, and Karnataka — including Goa — involving total fraudulent transactions of approximately ₹11.33 crore.
The accused has been produced before court and is currently in police custody. Further investigation is ongoing under the supervision of PI Deepak Pednekar, Cyber Crime Police Station, Goa.
