Archive · 19 Nov 2025
Chandigarh Court Convicts 3 in 'Digital Arrest' Scam
A Chandigarh court convicted three people from Rajasthan for receiving money from a digital arrest scam.
The victim was tricked into depositing Rs 80 lakh into a fake account.
The accused were found guilty of receiving stolen property, but not of making fraudulent calls or conspiring to cheat the victim.
First conviction of its kind in Chandigarh for a digital arrest scam
Three persons from Rajasthan convicted for receiving cheated money
Sentenced to one year and two months, but released due to time served
Victim tricked into depositing Rs 80 lakh in a fraudulent account
Police found no evidence of direct contact or fraudulent calls by the accused
- Who
- Mahendra Nai, Poonam Chand, and Sandeep Kumar
- What
- Convicted for receiving cheated money in a digital arrest scam
- When
- Convicted by the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMIC) Court of Sher Singh
- Where
- Chandigarh, India
- Why
- To receive a commission from the fraudulent money
Prosecution
Defense
Accused's Role
Prosecution
Received cheated money
Defense
Falsely implicated
- Crime
- Digital Arrest Scam
- Victim's Loss
- Rs 80,31,764.32
- Sentence
- One year and two months of simple imprisonment
- Court
- Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMIC) Court of Sher Singh, Chandigarh
- Law
- Section 317(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)
