New Delhi, Oct 8, 2025

As the cases of digital arrests see a sharp uptick, the CBI on Wednesday carried out coordinated, nationwide searches at approximately 40 locations across Delhi NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala and West Bengal in connection with a transnational cyber-enabled “digital arrest” fraud, as part of ongoing Operation Chakra V.

The central agency, in its press note, said that it had registered a comprehensive FIR, based on the complaints received on the NCRP Portal of I4C MHA from nine different victims of digital arrest.

“CBI then conducted a detailed investigation by focusing on both mule accounts and telecommunication channels used to approach the victim. This led to the identification of approximately 40 individuals who were part of the organised cybercrime ne

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