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Gandhinagar, 18 August 2026: Gujarat Crime Investigation Department, taking a major action against cyber crime, has arrested a youth from Assam. A fine of Rs. 1000 has been imposed on this accused across the country. There are serious allegations of involvement in 1,090 cyber crimes worth an estimated Rs 1,071.5 crore, which also includes cases of 'digital arrest'. The accused, while in touch with hackers and criminals based in China, used to convert crores of rupees into cryptocurrency and send it to China.

According to the details received, the arrested accused has been identified as 25 year old Rafiqul Alam. He has been arrested from Barpeta district of Assam. This racket was exposed during the investigation of the case of 'digital arrest' of a senior citizen on the basis of fake letters of Maharashtra Police and Supreme Court. Based on the technical team of CCE and the statements of the victims, a special team reached Barpeta in Assam. The police, in disguise, conducted a continuous recce of the accused for three days and finally arrested him along with his technical gadgets.

Investigation has revealed that the accused is the main operator of an international cyber gang. He used to work very cleverly to protect the illegal money received from cyber fraud from the eyes of financial surveillance agencies. He used to divide this amount into small parts and transfer it to around 1,758 different bank accounts spread across the country within just one hour. The accused had direct contact with the mastermind based in China through WhatsApp and Telegram and exchanged details like QR scanner, user ID, password and crypto wallet.

• 23 crypto wallets found in phone

During the investigation of the mobile phone of the accused, a total of 23 crypto wallets were found, in which approximately Rs. It has come to light that transactions worth Rs 16 crores have taken place. Cryptocurrency trading was done illegally using the 'Chip Seller' app and the amount was sent to a China-based gang. Along with this, suspicious transactions of gaming accounts have also been found in his phone. Gujarat Police is investigating this entire international network in depth and is also trying to trace other involved persons.