Delhi Police busts cyber fraud syndicate, arrests four

The Delhi Police has busted a cyber fraud syndicate involved in digitally extorting money through forged documents of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and arrested four members of the gang.

According to the police, the accused held a 45-year-old woman, her daughter and her elderly father virtually hostage on video calls for two straight days, and extorted Rs 8.10 lakh by threatening legal action under a fictitious money laundering case.

The incident came to light after the victim, a private sector employee residing in Lahori Gate here, filed a complaint at the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP).