The Cyber Cell of Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has arrested three key members of a cyber fraud syndicate accused of duping an 82-year-old senior citizen of Rs 1.16 crore through a so-called “digital arrest” scam, officials said on Saturday.The accused have been identified as Prabhakar Kumar (27) from Nalanda in Bihar, Rupesh Kumar Singh (37) from Vaishali in Bihar, and Dev Raj (46) from Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.According to police, the victim was intimidated online by fraudsters posing as law enforcement officials. Using WhatsApp video calls, the accused allegedly showed a forged arrest warrant and placed the elderly man under extreme psychological pressure, forcing him to transfer large sums of money to avoid supposed legal action.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Aditya Gautam said the investigation revealed that Rs 1.10 crore of the defrauded amount was routed to the current account of an NGO based in Himachal Pradesh.Further scrutiny showed that the same account had 32 complaints registered against it on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), linked to fraud cases amounting to nearly Rs 24 crore, the officer added.Based on technical surveillance and financial trail analysis, multiple raids were conducted across Himachal Pradesh and Bihar, leading to the arrest of the three accused.Police said Prabhakar Kumar installed a malicious APK file on the mobile phone of co-accused Dev Raj, enabling the activation and control of SIM cards connected to fraudulent bank accounts. He allegedly remained in contact with other cyber criminals through virtual WhatsApp numbers and handled cash commissions.Rupesh Kumar Singh is accused of receiving the NGO’s bank account kit through postal delivery, coordinating meetings in Patna, and facilitating fraudulent transactions from hotels, acting as a key intermediary between the account holder and the cyber fraud network.Dev Raj, who runs the NGO, allegedly opened the current account in collusion with his father, the authorised signatory. For financial gain, the account was handed over to Rupesh, while Dev shared internet banking credentials and OTPs, travelled to Patna to carry out transactions, and received a commission for his role, police said.Investigators stated that the syndicate laundered the cheated money by routing it through NGO and personal bank accounts before distributing the proceeds among associates.