The Chandigarh Cyber Crime Police has arrested another accused in a high-value “digital arrest” fraud case, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three.

The accused has been identified as Mahendra Kumar Nayak (39), a resident of Churu district in Rajasthan. Police said he was arrested during a raid conducted on December 11, 2025, after the police traced financial and technical links connecting him to the fraud.

According to the police, the case was registered on the complaint of a Chandigarh resident, Sunita, who alleged that she was cheated of Rs 15 lakh by fraudsters posing as officials of a courier company and the Narcotics Department. The accused allegedly told the victim that her parcel was linked to illegal substances and that she was under “digital arrest”, coercing

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