Ahmedabad/New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a man from Delhi, Sumit Sharma, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch for allegedly creating multiple fake social media accounts in a woman’s name and uploading AI-generated morphed nude photographs and videos of her and her mother, police said on Thursday. The case was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station under Sections 78(2) and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66(C) and 67 of the Information Tech…
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Ahmedabad, May 25 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch on Monday arrested another member of an inter-state gang accused of blackmailing and extorting victims through fake astrology and “kinnar guruma” profiles on Instagram, with investigators uncovering transactions worth nearly Rs 60 lakh linked to the accused over the last two years. The latest accused, Vikas Bhargav, a resident of the Gangashahar area of Bikaner, Rajasthan, was arrested in Jaipur and brought to Ahmedabad.He was produce…
Ahmedabad, May 12 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested two members of an interstate cyber fraud gang involved in a “digital arrest” scam in which a senior citizen woman was cheated of Rs 55.50 lakh after being impersonated and coerced through fabricated legal threats and forged official communications. According to police, the case was registered at Cyber Crime Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including Sections 338, 336(3), 340(2…
Ahmedabad/Bikaner, May 5 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested a man from Bikaner in Rajasthan and booked two others for allegedly running an Instagram-based extortion network, officials said. In their fraud scheme, they posed as relationship advisers and spiritual healers, luring women with promises of resolving love and marital issues through rituals before allegedly blackmailing them using explicit material.Police said on Monday that the accused, Rajnish Bhargava, was taken int…