Patan Digital Arrest Case: Main Accused Remanded Till September 7: Accused Arrested From Bihar Rs 32 Lakh

The Patan Cyber Crime Police have got a big success in the 'Digital Arrest' fraud case. In this case, a retired senior citizen was threatened to implicate him in a false case of money laundering and Rs 32,00,047 was swindled. An amount of more than Rs 32,00,047 was snatched. The main accused in the crime, Dharmendrakumar Ramkumar Prasad Gouridas, has been arrested from Pavapuri in Bihar's Nalanda district. The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Patan has granted the police remand of the accused till September 7, 2026. According to the details of the case, 63-year-old retired Dilip Kumar Patel, a resident of Liliwadi on Chanasma Road in Patan, received a call from an unknown number. The accused introduced themselves as CBI officers. They had raised Rs. Naresh Gohil, who was arrested in a money laundering case of Rs 583 crore, feared that the complainant had a suspicious role. The thugs downloaded an app named 'Signal' on the complainant's mobile and kept him under constant surveillance. Apart from this, the complainant was 'digitally arrested' at home by sending fake signature-coin documents of the CBI, arrest warrants and fake letters of the Supreme Court of India on WhatsApp. On the pretext of getting rid of the case, the accused transferred Rs 5.20 lakh from the complainant's SBI account. He had transferred Rs 5.20 lakh. Not only this, the complainant had sold 198.570 grams of gold ornaments (worth Rs. 27,15,445) and the amount was received through RTGS in the ICICI Bank account. Thus, a total of Rs. An online fraud of Rs. 32,00,047.20 was committed. A case was registered at the Patan Cyber Crime Police Station in this regard and the police started an investigation. During the investigation, it was found that the accused Dharmendra Kumar had earlier applied for anticipatory bail to avoid his arrest, which was rejected by the court. Subsequently, the Patan District Cyber Crime team arrested the accused on August 31, 2026 from Pavapuri area of Nalanda district of Bihar on the basis of a tip-off. The accused was brought to Patan after obtaining a 4-day transit warrant from the local court. Today the accused was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Patan seeking remand to get to the root of the cyber scam. After considering the arguments of the public prosecutor and the submissions of the investigating officer, the court ordered to grant police remand of the accused till September 7, 2026. The police will now further interrogate the accused about other co-accused, bank accounts used in the scam and financial transactions.