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In a major breakthrough against cyber criminals, the Cyber Crime Police Station, UT Chandigarh has successfully arrested three (03) women involved in an organized cyber fraud racket. The accused was arrested in connection FIR No. 150 dated 26.12.2025, registered under sections 419, 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 61(2) BNS at Police Station Cyber Crime, Chandigarh, has been registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, UT Chandigarh.
The operation was carried out under the dynamic leadership of Ms. Geetanjali Khandelwal, IPS, SP-Cyber Crime, UT Chandigarh, with strategic guidance from Sh. A. Venkatesh, DSP Cyber Crime, and the close supervision of Inspector Ms. Eram Rizvi, SHO, PS-Cyber Crime, Sector 17, Chandigarh.
The accused women identified as Pratima Sharma, D/o Virender Nath, from Delhi-18, Roshni, D/o Ram Shankar, from Delhi-59 and Juhi Sethi, W/o Suraj Sethi, from Delhi-27
Police said, the case was registered on the complaint of a resident of Sector 45, Chandigarh, He reported that he received WhatsApp and normal calls from an unknown woman impersonating herself as a representative of the American Express Credit Card department. Under the pretext of converting his SBI credit card to an American Express card and increasing the credit limit, the complainant was induced to click on a malicious link sent by them as name of Google form, resulting in unauthorized access to his mobile phone and fraudulent debit of ₹1,73,463 from his SBI credit card.
(SUBHEAD)During the course of investigation, CAF and CDR analysis, IP address tracking, and KYC verification revealed that the accused were operating from Ashok Nagar and Uttam Nagar areas of Delhi. Based on technical evidence and due permission from senior officers, a raid was conducted at Tilak Nagar, West Delhi, which leads to arrest of three women Pratima Sharma , Roshni, Juhi Sethi
RECOVERY: 28 mobile phones, 82 SIM cards, 55 ATM cards, 2 Aadhaar cards, 2 PAN cards, 8 dongles, 27 landline phones, Wireless transmitters, Passbooks, Cheque books and Notebooks, and other documents.
Several mobile phones contained extensive customer contact lists with names, addresses, and mobile numbers. Investigation revealed that the accused used these details to impersonate bank and credit card officials and commit fraud. The seized mobile phones were found linked to bank accounts used for defrauding victims.
During sustained interrogation, the accused disclosed their involvement in the commission of cyber fraud and also revealed the role of their associate. Further investigation is in progress to identify additional associates, verify bank accounts opened using forged documents, and ascertain the total number of victims cheated by the accused.
