Goa, Aug. 18 -- In a major breakthrough in the high-profile 'digital arrest' scam case of December 2024, the Goa Cyber Crime Police have arrested the alleged mastermind, Anil Tripathi, a Singapore resident. His arrest takes the total number of accused held in the case to seven.

Police said the breakthrough followed a detailed technical and financial trail analysis, as well as the interrogation of previously arrested suspects. Based on this evidence, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against Tripathi, who was detained at Delhi Airport upon arrival from Singapore.

A team led by PSI Anil Polekar and Head Constable Anay Naik, under the supervision of PI Deepak Pednekar and SP Rahul Gupta, IPS, travelled to Delhi to formally arrest Tripat...