The Cyber Cell of Chandigarh Police has arrested 5 more accused in the case of cheating a former woman officer of Rs 2.5 crore. The crime was committed by luring the woman with a digital arrest and by introducing themselves as Supreme Court judge and CBI officer. Earlier, the police had arrested three accused in this case.
The accused arrested under the leadership of Inspector Iram Rizvi, in-charge of the Cyber Cell, have been identified as Manish Jaiswal, Chitransh Chaurasia, Prince Singh, Mohammad Ajit Ullah and Jubbar Ali of Uttar Pradesh. An FIR has been registered against the accused under sections 308, 319 (2), 318 (4), 338, 340 (2), 61 (2), 336 (3) of the Indian Penal Code 2023.
Pressure created by showing arrest warrant
Former Chief Architect Sumit Kaur, resident of Sector 10A, Chandigarh, received a call on May 3, 2025. The fraudsters introduced themselves as Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) officials and said that their SIM has been misused and an FIR has been registered against them. After this, they received a video call in which two arrest warrants were shown to them by introducing themselves as police officer Vijay Khanna.
Continuing to put pressure, the accused introduced themselves as CBI DIG Rajiv Ranjan and even a Supreme Court judge. Under the guise of fake warrants and false allegations, the victim was made to take an oath of secrecy and an amount of ₹ 2.5 crore was transferred to different fake accounts.
Role of the accused…
1. Manish Jaiswal: The accused had opened a current account in Bandhan Bank in his name. The victim Sumit Kaur had transferred ₹ 20 lakh to this account on 17 May 2025. During interrogation, Manish told that about 5-6 months ago he had gone to Jaipur, where he met an unknown person. The man lured Manish with the promise of huge earnings in a short period of time and suggested that he open corporate/current bank accounts on commission. Manish then went to Assam, where he met the unknown man again and handed over the bank account details. After returning, Manish contacted Chitransh Chaurasia in Varanasi and handed over the current account details to him in person at SMS Hotel, Lucknow on 11 June 2025.
2. Chitransh Chaurasia: He met Prince Singh in Varanasi 2-3 months ago. Prince had lured him with a 10% commission per transaction for arranging bank accounts. On Prince’s behest, Chitransh contacted Manish and obtained bank accounts from him, which were sent to the fraudsters.
3. Prince Singh: Admitted during police interrogation that he had met Jubbar Ali in Assam. Jubbar had offered him a 20% commission per transaction if he could arrange corporate bank accounts. After this, Jubbar Ali introduced Prince Singh to his “boss”, whose identity has not been ascertained yet.
4. Jubbar Ali: Prince Singh further told that Jubbar Ali offered him 20% commission in Assam and Jubbar introduced him to his “boss”.
5. Mohammad Ajit Ullah: Both the accused reached Varanasi from Assam and met the other accused there. Their role was mainly to operate fake bank accounts and connect them to the network. During interrogation, both of them admitted that they are part of this cyber fraud racket and are also in contact with other members.
This was recovered from the fraudsters
The police have recovered 10 mobile phones (including active SIMs), 5 cheque books, 12 ATM cards, 8 bank passbooks, 1 tab and 1 laptop from the arrested fraudsters. The police will now also conduct forensic investigation of the recovered devices.
