Mohali, Oct. 26 -- A special CBI court in Mohali has rejected the regular bail plea of a 26-year-old man accused of helping access a bank account allegedly used to route part of the Rs.2 crore proceeds of a "digital arrest" fraud targeting a retired Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) chief engineer.

In its order, special judicial magistrate Karanvir Singh Maju held that the material collected by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), including the banking and digital trail and statements of other accused, warranted further scrutiny. The court also noted that the investigation into other accused was continuing and that the money had yet to be fully recovered.

The accused, Rahul Kumar Patra, from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, h...