6 arrested for duping retired Air Marshal of Rs 2.68 crore in investment fraud
Gurugram Police have arrested six people for allegedly helping cyber fraudsters dupe a retired Air Marshal of Rs 2.68 crore in the guise of stock
Gurugram Police have arrested six people for allegedly helping cyber fraudsters dupe a retired Air Marshal of Rs 2.68 crore in the guise of stock market investments. The probe has uncovered a network that allegedly supplied bank accounts to route the stolen money, with investigators also probing links to a suspected handler operating from Dubai. The accused have been identified as Samrat, Puneet, Abhishek, Vikas, Dushyant and Sonu. According to police, the group allegedly arranged bank accounts used to receive and transfer money siphoned off from victims of online investment scams. Investigators claim the network was operating under the directions of a suspected kingpin based in Dubai.
Read Full Story The case stems from a cyber fraud reported in January 2025, in which retired Air Marshal TS Chatwal was allegedly duped of Rs 2.68 crore on the pretext of earning high returns through stock market investments. SECOND-LAYER NETWORK EXPOSED According to ACP (Cyber Crime) Gaurav Phogat, investigators found that Rs 6 lakh from the defrauded amount had been transferred to a joint account in the Indian Overseas Bank held in the names of Sonu Chaudhary and Akash Soni. Following an analysis of the account, police arrested Sonu Chaudhary from Ghaziabad. During questioning, Sonu allegedly disclosed that he had handed over his bank account to an aggregator named Puneet, a resident of Bahadurgarh.
Acting on the lead, police raided Omaxe City in Bahadurgarh and arrested Puneet along with Abhishek, Vikas and Dushyant. DUBAI LINK UNDER SCANNER The investigation revealed that Puneet allegedly supplied bank accounts to Samrat, a resident of Dwarka in Delhi, who, police claim, was acting on the instructions of a cyber fraud handler based in Dubai. During the raids, police seized 90 ATM cards, 16 mobile phones, 42 cheque books, 33 SIM cards, two rubber stamps, three laptops and a passport. Officials said the passport contained four immigration stamps showing travel to Dubai between 2023 and 2026, strengthening suspicions of links with an overseas cyber fraud syndicate.
According to police, Puneet admitted during interrogation that he had travelled to Dubai to meet an alleged handler identified as Rudra, from where the network for procuring and supplying bank accounts to cyber fraudsters was allegedly being operated. MULTIPLE CASES ACROSS STATES Police said the recovered bank accounts have been linked to several cyber fraud complaints registered in Rajasthan, Telangana, Jharkhand, Kerala and Karnataka, among other states. Investigators are now examining the seized SIM cards, banking records and digital devices to establish the full extent of the network and determine the total amount allegedly laundered through the accounts. Ends
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