Panaji: Goa Police have arrested a man from Kerala in connection with a “digital arrest” cyber fraud in which a South Goa resident was duped of Rs 1.05 crore, officials said on Friday.
The Cyber Crime Police Station registered the case on July 9, 2025 under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act, based on a complaint by a Quepem resident, Superintendent of Police (Cyber Crime) Rahul Gupta said in a statement.
According to police, the accused, using WhatsApp numbers, impersonated law enforcement officials and told the complainant he was a suspect in a money laundering case related to a businessman.
The complainant was shown a fake arrest warrant and coerced into transferring Rs 1.05 crore through multiple transactions to various bank accounts, the SP said.
He said that following investigation and financial analysis, a police team led by PSI Manish Dabale traced the suspect to Kannur in Kerala and arrested him on August 7.
The accused, identified as Gokul Prakash M K, had allegedly received Rs 24 lakh of the defrauded money in his ICICI Bank account, which police said has been linked to 13 criminal cases across 10 states involving a total of over Rs 9.02 crore, Gupta said.
The accused has been remanded to police custody and further investigation is underway under the supervision of PI Deepak Pednekar, he added.
