Chandigarh, April 13 -- The cybercrime cell of Chandigarh Police has arrested three more accused in connection with the digital arrest scam that defrauded 82-year-old Colonel Dalip Singh Bajwa (retd) of Rs.3.41 crore. With the latest arrests, the total number of accused held in the case has risen to five, police said on Saturday.

The arrests were made as part of the ongoing probe into FIR registered under Sections 308, 319(2), 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2), and 61(2) of the BNS.

The three newly arrested accused have been identified as Avtar Singh (21), Amritpal Singh (25), and Sunil Kumar (24), all residents of Sirsa, Haryana.

According to police, accused Amritpal Singh and Sunil Kumar persuaded Avtar Singh to open a bank account in Indu...