'Baseless': Chhattisgarh IPS officer on ₹1 cr bribery charge in cyber-fraud case
Rahul Bansal said a complaint is currently under consideration by a court, and he has complete faith in the law
Chhattisgarh IPS officer Rahul Bansal, accused of accepting ₹1 crore in a cyber-fraud case, has dismissed the allegations as baseless. A case was filed in July 2025 against Bansal and two other police officers over a fraud of around ₹21 lakh in share trading. The investigation revealed an organized gang operating from Dubai and later India, who lured victims through social media ads to invest in fake trading platforms.
The probe led to the seizure of ₹1,880 crore in cryptocurrency wallets over four months, linked to the gang. Twenty-three accused have been arrested from eight states, with five charge sheets filed. Bansal, assistant sub-inspector Praveen Kumar Rathore, and constable Anshul Sharma are named in the case. The investigation is ongoing in Delhi.
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