NRI doc couple digital arrest case: Another 60 lakh frozen

New Delhi: Delhi Police froze an additional Rs60 lakh of the cheated amount in connection with the Rs15-crore digital arrest case involving an NRI doctor couple at their GK-II residence. With this, a total of Rs 2 crore has been put on hold.Sources said the funds were traced and stopped in bank accounts spread across seven states. Investigators are also probing whether part of the money was transferred to foreign countries in the form of cryptocurrency.
Sources said that out of the total Rs 14.8 crore, the maximum amount— Rs 4 crore— was transferred to a bank account in Gujarat's Vadodara.Dr Indra Taneja (77) and her 81-year-old husband, Dr Om Taneja, were put on digital arrest from Dec 24 last year to Jan 9 at their residence in south Delhi's Greater Kailash-II.On Dec 26, Rs 1.9 crore was sent to Jalukbari in Assam's Guwahati, followed by consecutive transfers of Rs 2 crore each on Dec 29 and 30 to Sama Savli in Vadodara. On Jan 2, Rs 2 crore was routed to Mayur Vihar Phase III in east Delhi, while Rs 2 crore was transferred to Nepean Sea Road in Mumbai on Jan 5.Subsequent transfers included Rs 2.1 crore to Wazidpur in Uttar Pradesh on Jan 6, Rs 2.2 crore to Moulali in Kolkata on Jan 8 and Rs 50 lakh to Uttarakhand's Belada on Jan 9.