Jammu: In a major breakthrough in a cyber fraud case, Police Station CICE (Crime Branch) Jammu successfully traced and secured ₹39.90 lakh out of ₹52.90 lakh that had been fraudulently extracted from a retired Indian Air Force officer through a “Digital Arrest” scam.
The complainant lodged an online complaint on February 6, 2026, stating that he had been kept under virtual detention for nine days by cyber fraudsters, during which he was coerced into transferring ₹52,90,000.
Acting swiftly, the CICE Jammu team initiated an immediate investigation, tracked the money trail, and identified beneficiary bank accounts. Within just three hours of receiving the complaint, ₹11,90,000 deposited in a suspected Yes Bank account in Jodhpur was frozen by invoking the newly issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for cyber financial crimes.
Additionally, a lien of ₹4,90,000 was marked in linked accounts.
Through further coordination with concerned banks, investigators traced another ₹28,00,000 in secondary-layer accounts.
Overall, ₹39,90,482 has been successfully secured and will be returned to the complainant through a court-supervised process.
This case marks the first successful implementation of the newly issued SOP by PS CICE Jammu in a live cyber fraud investigation, highlighting its effectiveness in combating digital financial crimes.
The operation was led by DySP Albeena Malik (JKPS) and SHO PS CICE Jammu, supported by Inspector Pradeep Singh and Head Constable Rakesh Choudhary, under the overall supervision of SSP CICE J&K.
