Ludhiana: Police Crack Down on Cyber Fraudsters, Arrest 22 Suspects in Rs 6 Crore Scam

Aug 2025 : In a significant breakthrough, the Khanna police have claimed to have solved two major cyber fraud cases involving a total amount of over Rs 6 crore, allegedly defrauded by cyber criminals. The police have arrested 22 suspects in multiple operations over the past few weeks, recovering Rs 14.34 lakh in cash from the accused.

The first case dates back to February 19, when Sanjeev Pandhi, a resident of Machhiwara, reported that unknown persons had messaged him on the Telegram app and got his trading account opened in a firm called Admiral Markets Global Ltd. Between December 18, 2024, and February 10, Pandhi transferred Rs 3.72 crore to various accounts, only to realize later that he had been duped.

Khanna SSP Dr. Jyoti Yadav stated that a case was registered against the suspects, and during investigation, it was revealed that Pandhi had transferred about Rs 21.20 lakh to a fake company called BOSSS Trading, owned by Gurjot Singh, a resident of Salana. Gurjot was arrested on May 29, and during interrogation, he revealed that Mohali resident and bank official Sammukh Bhatt had opened the current account for BOSSS Trading at the behest of Baldev Krishna of Zirakpur and Parwinder Singh alias Tony of Chandigarh.

Further investigation led to the arrest of Tony on May 29, 2025, and subsequently, Dubai resident Neeraj Singhania, Sarita Singhania, a resident of Ludhiana, Amritpal Kaur, a resident of Mohali, and Rahul Sagwan, a resident of Ludhiana, were made accused on June 7. The police also recovered Rs 4.92 lakh from the account of Beant Kaur, wife of Lovepreet Singh, a resident of Moga, and arrested Prabhjot Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Amol Singh, and Shivinder Singh.

In the second case, Mahendra Pratap Singh Gill, a resident of Machhiwara, reported on August 6 that an unknown person had called him, posing as an inspector, and forced him to go under digital arrest, making him transfer Rs 2.65 crore to several accounts. The police arrested six accused for conspiring to commit the crime, identified as Taranmeet, Gurvir Singh, Kuljit Singh, Sanjeet Mittal, Gurpreet Singh, Amritpal Singh, and Mohan Singh.

The police have recovered a total of Rs 9.35 lakh from the accused, and further investigation is underway. The SSP assured that the police are working tirelessly to bring cyber criminals to justice and prevent such frauds in the future.