Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 8: Jammu and Kashmir Police, through Police Station CICE (Crime Branch) Jammu, have saved Rs 39.90 lakh in a “digital arrest” cyber fraud case.
According to officials, Police Station CICE Jammu received an online complaint on February 6, 2026, in which the complainant, a retired Air Force officer, reported that he had been kept under so-called digital arrest for 9 days and was fraudulently duped of Rs 52, 90,000.
Acting immediately, they said, the police registered the complaint, initiated investigation and began tracing the beneficiary bank accounts by following the money trail.
Within 3 hours of receiving the complaint, an amount of Rs 11, 90,000 was traced to a suspected Yes Bank account in Jodhpur and was promptly put on hold by invoking the newly issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), they said.
In addition, a lien of Rs 4, 90,000 was marked in subsequent layers of linked bank accounts, officials further said.
They said further coordination with the concerned banks led to the tracing of another Rs 28, 00,000 in second-layer suspected accounts.
“With this action, a total amount of Rs 39, 90, 482 out of the defrauded sum has been successfully secured,” a CICE Jammu official said, adding that the recovered amount will be remitted back to the complainant’s account through the Court, providing major relief to the victim and his family.
This case marks the first live operational use of the newly issued SOP by PS CICE Jammu, highlighting its effectiveness in financial and cyber fraud investigations.
The action was taken by DySP Albeena Malik, SHO Police Station CICE Jammu, along with her team comprising Inspector Pradeep Singh and Head Constable Rakesh Choudhary, under the overall supervision of SSP CICE J&K Ramnish Gupta.
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