The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two persons from Chennai and Kolkata in connection with a major digital arrest scam and conducted searches at over 80 locations across 16 states, including Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi and Maharashtra.

The agency said the searches were carried out under Operation Chakra-6 as part of an ongoing investigation into a network allegedly involved in more than 200 cases of digital arrest scams across the country. According to the CBI, the arrested individuals were involved in incorporating shell companies and opening and operating mule bank accounts. These accounts were reportedly used to launder around two crore rupees of suspected proceeds of crime.

The agency said the coordinated searches targeted the cybercrime infrastructure facilitating such frauds and were aimed at dismantling the operational network behind the scams. The CBI added that further investigation in the case is underway.