Jammu, February 6 (KNS): Police Station CICE Jammu received an online complaint from a retired Air Force officer regarding a digital arrest cyber fraud involving Rs 52,90,000. The complainant reported that he remained under digital arrest for nine days before approaching the police.
Acting promptly, the Crime Branch initiated an investigation, traced beneficiary bank accounts, and followed the money trail without delay.
Within three hours of receiving the complaint, Rs 11,90,000 was traced to a suspected Yes Bank account in Jodhpur. The amount was immediately placed on hold by invoking the newly issued Standard Operating Procedure by the police officer. In addition, a lien of Rs 4,90,000 was marked in subsequent layers of linked bank accounts.
Further coordinated efforts with the concerned banks led to the tracing of an additional Rs 28,00,000 in a second layer of suspected accounts.
Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelWith this, a total of Rs 39,90,482 out of the defrauded amount has been successfully saved and secured.
The recovered amount will be remitted back to the complainant’s account shortly through the Hon’ble Court, providing significant relief to the victim and his family.
This case marks the first operational use of the newly issued SOP by PS CICE Jammu in a live probe, demonstrating its effectiveness in financial investigation.
The prompt action was taken by DySP Albeena Malik JKPS, SHO PS CICE Jammu, along with the team comprising Inspector Pradeep Singh and HC Rakesh Choudhary, under the overall supervision of SSP CICE JandK.(KNS)