Rajkot, February 26 Three individuals were arrested in the Rajkot district of Gujarat for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud scheme worth approximately ₹150 crore, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to nine, a police official said on Thursday.
Adiluddin Mohammed, a resident of Telangana, who was involved in transferring money into mule accounts and receiving the money back through "angadia" (traditional courier) channels, was arrested on Wednesday, said Rajkot (Rural) Superintendent of Police Vijay Gurjar.
He identified the other two arrested individuals as Mihir Rangani and Hiren Limbasiya, both from Rajkot, who were responsible for providing bank accounts, withdrawing money, and transferring funds.
Six individuals were arrested in the case on February 13, he said.
The case involves the opening of 15 accounts in various private banks, which were strategically operated through marketing yard (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) firms, police said.
"The reason for using APMC accounts was that GST and TDS compliance requirements were not applicable in the same way, making them convenient for misuse. These accounts channeled three distinct categories of funds, namely proceeds from cyber fraud, gaming-related transactions, and money linked to GST activities," the SP explained.
The investigation so far has uncovered transactions of approximately ₹150 crore related to these accounts, he added.
A total of 180 complaints have been registered on Cyber Crime Portal-1930, including 21 from Gujarat involving ₹2.94 crore and 159 from other states involving ₹20.21 crore, police said.