The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrests advocate Rashesh Upadhyay, also known as Rashesh Shah, at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport while he is preparing to fly to Delhi. NDTV reports the ED’s Panaji unit intercepts him at a boarding gate, while other coverage adds that customs and CISF personnel help locate him. The ED produces him before a special PMLA court in Panaji, which remands him to ED custody until October 29.
The case is linked to a money-laundering investigation into an alleged pan-India cyber fraud and “digital arrest” network involving transactions reported at around Rs 28,000 crore. According to reports summarized by several outlets, the probe traces back to an FIR registered by Goa Police on June 9, 2025, after a woman in Goa allegedly lost Rs 2.60 crore and was coerced into transferring money to multiple mule accounts.
Outlets also describe allegations that Upadhyay was a key link in the network, including help in getting bank accounts connected to the scheme “unfrozen,” reportedly through bribery and cash routed via “angadiyas.” Coverage largely agrees on the arrest context and the overall scale, but varies in detail and how extensively it lays out the underlying allegations beyond the interception and remand.
