A 19-year-old man has been apprehended in Punjab for allegedly impersonating a CBI officer and extorting Rs 18 lakh from the complainant in Goa by threatening to place him under digital arrest, a cyber police official said on Sunday.
The accused, Surinder Kumar, was traced to Ludhiana during the investigation. A team of cybercrime police brought him to Goa on Sunday, a senior cybercrime officer told PTI. A local court remanded Kumar to police custody for four days.
'The accused had contacted the victim through WhatsApp by posing as a CBI officer. He falsely claimed that the victim's bank account and personal details had been linked to a money laundering case and coerced the victim into transferring Rs 18 lakh to avoid legal consequences,' the police officer said.
Police registered a case under different sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and section 66 (d) of the Information Technology Act. Police tracked down Kumar through technical surveillance and financial trail analysis.
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