Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Calcutta High Court Transfers Bengal Digital Arrest Case To CBI
A woman in Narendrapur was allegedly tricked into giving fraudsters ₹2.66 crore.
The scammers pretended to be police or CBI officers.
They told her that a legal warrant was pending against her.
They kept her on video calls and told her not to contact anyone.
This kind of fraud is called a digital arrest scam.
The Calcutta High Court has now given the case to the CBI.
The state must send all the case papers to the CBI within seven days.
The Supreme Court said the CBI should investigate these cases because the criminals and money may be spread across different states.
The Calcutta High Court transferred a Narendrapur digital arrest case to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Jayshree Krishnan allegedly lost ₹2.66 crore after fraudsters placed her under “digital arrest.”
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya ordered state authorities to transfer all case records to the CBI within seven days.
The case was filed at Narendrapur police station on September 3, 2024.
The transfer follows a Supreme Court ruling directing CBI investigations into digital arrest scams because of their pan-India reach.
- Who
- Jayshree Krishnan, the alleged victim; unidentified fraudsters; the Calcutta High Court; and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
- What
- The Calcutta High Court transferred a digital arrest fraud case involving an alleged loss of ₹2.66 crore to the CBI.
- When
- The case was filed on September 3, 2024, and the transfer order was issued on Wednesday.
- Where
- The case was registered at Narendrapur police station in Bengal.
- Why
- The Supreme Court directed that digital arrest cases be handed to the CBI because such crimes have pan-India ramifications and may require coordination with police in other states.
- Alleged victim
- Jayshree Krishnan
- Alleged loss
- ₹2.66 crore
- Police station
- Narendrapur police station
- Case filing date
- September 3, 2024
- Investigating agency
- Central Bureau of Investigation
- Document transfer deadline
- Within seven days
- Related Bengal case
- A separate case involving an alleged loss of ₹1.77 crore was previously transferred to the CBI.