New Delhi: Two sub-inspectors from Delhi Police have been arrested in Indore for allegedly duping cybercrime victims of Rs 75 lakh. The case, reported in April, involved sub-inspector Ankur Malik, who was posted with the cybercrime police station in northeast Delhi, and a woman sub-inspector posted at the Mansarovar Park police station in Shahdara.SI Malik was investigating multiple cyber fraud cases where defrauded amounts were recovered and several bank accounts were frozen as part of the probe. During the process of returning the seized funds to victims, Malik and his associate allegedly provided bank account details under their control instead of those belonging to the actual complainants. This allowed them to reroute the recovered money to accounts accessible to them.According to police sources, frozen funds were allegedly siphoned off in this manner. The fraudulent transactions—totalling around Rs 75 lakh—were carried out using judicial orders obtained dishonestly, issued in the names of fake or forged complainants. The officers allegedly executed four such fraudulent transactions to transfer the money. SI Malik went on leave in March. The woman officer went missing a few days later. When Malik failed to return to duty, a missing person complaint was lodged. The family of the woman officer also filed a missing report the following day. During the probe into their disappearance, police uncovered the financial fraud.Three FIRs related to the case were registered at the cyber police station in northeast Delhi. Malik was listed as the investigating officer in several cyber fraud cases.Following technical surveillance, Delhi Police traced the duo to a residential society in Indore. A raid was conducted, leading to their arrest. From the premises, police recovered Rs 12 lakh in cash, 820 grams of gold coins and bars, 200 grams of gold jewellery, 11 smartphones, an HP laptop, three ATM cards, and several incriminating documents.During interrogation, the accused officers revealed the names of their accomplices who provided the bank accounts used in the fraud. Based on this information, police conducted further raids and arrested three more individuals — identified as Mohammad Ilyaas, Arif, and Shadab — for facilitating the illegal transfers.
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