Patiala, Dec. 26 -- The Patiala police have frozen nearly 25 bank accounts linked to a cyberfraud gang and stopped the transfer of around Rs.3 crore belonging to former IPS officer AS Chahal, who allegedly attempted suicide after falling victim to a fraud, officials said on Thursday. Chahal was allegedly duped of Rs.8.1 crore.

Senior police officials said the frozen amount was secured before it could be siphoned off. These accounts were identified from the documents provided by Chahal, which showed transactions made by several investors, including himself. "We have managed to freeze 25 bank accounts linked to the accused and have been able to stop the transfer of nearly Rs.3 crore from the total amount that was transferred by the former ...