



Kolkata Police have arrested Chirag Kapoor, the alleged mastermind behind a nationwide digital arrest scam, in Bengaluru. Kapoor is implicated in a mule account racket involving Rs 180 crore and is linked to 930 complaints across the country. Authorities recovered multiple devices, including three routers, two hard disks, four mobile phones, and five SIM cards during the arrest. The operation is part of a broader crackdown on cybercrime, which has seen various arrests and the exposure of fraudulent activities, including a recent case where a Bengaluru woman lost over Rs 1.2 crore to fraudsters. In Jaipur, police arrested 30 individuals involved in cyber fraud under 'Operation Cyber Shield', with the scams collectively amounting to Rs 30 crore.
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#Bengaluru woman loses Rs 1.2 crore in ‘digital arrest’ scam, forced to borrow Rs 40 crore to pay fraudsters https://t.co/RUbaxJFAyg
30 cyber fraudsters arrested in Jaipur under ‘Operation Cyber Shield’. https://t.co/jCDhhsEY6l