By: Express News ServiceAhmedabad | September 18, 2025 01:39 AM IST 3 min readThe accused were booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sahita (BNS) and the IT Act.The Ahmedabad City Cybercrime Police on Wednesday arrested two members of a gang who allegedly used the modus operandi of digital arrest to scam a victim of Rs 86.22 lakh. In order to extort the complainant, the accused falsely identified themselves as police officers to convince their target that his bank account was being used for money laundering, according to a statement from the Cybercrime Police.During the “digital arrest” scam, which played out between June 4 and 27, the complainant received a call from an unknown mobile number from a person impersonating a police officer, said police. The complainant was told that he was sending out messages against followers of another faith along with the government, police added. The complainant was then told to go in person to the Sahar Police Station in Mumbai and file a complaint, according to the police statement.The complainant was also put on a call with another person, who identified himself as Mohan Kumar, said police. This person told the complainant that a man named Vivek Das was in jail in a money laundering case and had claimed that the victim had assisted in the crime by giving this person his bank account in lieu of a commission, said police.Following this, a fake summons was sent to the complainant’s WhatsApp number in which a “warrant” was issued for his arrest “in the name of the Supreme Court”, said police. The complainant was then made to speak, through WhatsApp call, to a person who claimed to be “Public Prosecutor Deepak Venkatraman”, police added.The accused kept the complainant under 24-hour watch “digital arrest” through video call, till June 27, said police. The complainant was asked to transfer all their money into a single bank account and then send it to a number of other bank accounts in tranches, said police. The amount totalled up to Rs 86,22,000, said police.The accused were booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sahita (BNS) and the IT Act.Assistant Commissioner of Police HS Makadia, Inspector CT Desai and their team used technical analysis and human intelligence to identify the accused, including Rushikesh alias Rishabh Bhalchand Jaykar Hasurkar (27) and Suresh Rajub Jumba Gudim, both residents of Thane, Maharashtra, according to the statement.Story continues below this adHowever, when the police went out to arrest them, they found that both were incarcerated at Panna District Jail in Madhya Pradesh, in another unrelated case. The Cybercrime Police took them in custody and brought them to Ahmedabad for further investigation. They have earlier been booked in at least two other cases, one in MP and the other in Maharashtra, said police. Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:ahmedabad