Overview
- Pune Cyber Police arrested two in a Rs 1.95 crore WhatsApp impersonation case targeting a company, tracing the funds to an Axis Bank account in Belagavi and seizing devices and banking documents.
- Malkajgiri cybercrime unit reported four cases solved between February 15 and 21, arrested seven linked to matrimonial and investment scams, and facilitated court‑ordered refunds totaling ₹31,72,966.
- New high‑value complaints include a 75‑year‑old Bengaluru resident duped of ₹63.30 lakh through impersonation of data officials and Mumbai Police, a Gandhinagar teacher coerced into a 28‑day ‘digital arrest’ losing Rs 99 lakh, and a Thane engineer losing Rs 3.15 crore to a fake trading platform.
- Police detail tactics spanning forged Supreme Court‑branded documents, video calls posing as investigators, trading‑app profit fabrications, and social‑media lures, and urge prompt reporting via the National Cyber Crime Portal or helpline 1930.
- In separate developments, Gurugram police arrested a 19‑year‑old man after a student alleged a severe assault in a live‑in setup, and Bengaluru police registered a villa‑party gang‑rape FIR with a prior counter‑FIR alleging extortion; both cases are under investigation.