A special squad of the Kozhikode cyber police has moved the Kozhikode Chief Judicial Magistrate Court seeking production warrant under Section 267 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to interrogate Kaushal Shah, the prime accused in a recent deep fake tech scam who is currently in Tihar Jail.
Police sources said the Ahmadabad native was suspected of having direct involvement in a series of similar tech crimes, apart from building a nation-wide network of fraudsters specialised in financial crimes. “We came to know very recently that he was remanded in judicial custody last month following his arrest in connection with another cybercrime registered in New Delhi,” they said.
The special squad tracked the whereabouts of Shah following the arrest of his three close aides from various States. Gujarat native Shaik Murthu Samiyahayath was the first to be nabbed in connection with the incident from his village. The other two — Sidhesh Anand Karve and Amrish Ashok Patil — are Maharashtra natives who were arrested from Goa.
