QNET
October 17, 2026
HYDERABAD, India - October 17, 2026
Police in Hyderabad have arrested a senior QNET promoter at New Delhi's international airport as he was allegedly trying to leave India for Dubai, the latest arrest in a long-running Indian investigation into the multi-level marketing company and its Indian affiliate, Vihaan Direct Selling (India) Pvt. Ltd.
The Central Crime Station of the Hyderabad City Police Detective Department said Saturday, October 17, that it had taken Dig Vijay Singh, 50, into custody at Indira Gandhi International Airport after he was stopped there under a Look Out Circular issued by Hyderabad police. Singh, a resident of Gurugram and a native of Madhya Pradesh, is listed as accused number 11 in the case. Police said a special team took custody of him at the airport police station and seized two mobile phones. He was produced before a court in Delhi, which granted transit remand so he could be brought before the court in Hyderabad, and investigators said they would seek police custody to question him about his role, his financial transactions and the activities of other accused.
According to Hyderabad Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar, Singh is a "V-Partner" and key member of the QNET network who is suspected of operating from Dubai with a global base of associates. Police allege he promoted QNET through Zoom meetings and social media, persuading people to invest lakhs of rupees. Investigators allege that promoters and associates of QNET and Vihaan Direct Selling lured the public with promises of high returns, commissions and foreign trips under the guise of multi-level marketing, binary business models and e-commerce activity.
In the cases handled by the Central Crime Station, police said 43 victims have been examined so far, with losses of roughly â'¹5 crore, and a bank account belonging to Vihaan Direct Selling (India) Pvt. Ltd. holding about â'¹4 crore has been frozen. Police said investigations across multiple cases around the country suggest the alleged fraud could total nearly â'¹10,000 crore and affect lakhs of people. That figure is a police estimate, and actual losses and individual responsibility have yet to be established in court. Investigators said they are also examining an international dimension, including promotional programs held in India and abroad, the possible involvement of foreign nationals, and whether operations were coordinated from Dubai. Efforts are under way to trace other accused who are absconding.
The Hyderabad case has been registered under Sections 318(4), 316(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, covering cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy, along with Section 5 of the Telangana Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act and Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, India's main law against pyramid-style money circulation schemes.
The arrest adds to years of enforcement action against QNET-linked promoters in India. Hyderabad police arrested 32 QNET promoters in March 2026, the same month three promoters were sentenced to ten years in prison in Andhra Pradesh, and five promoters were arrested in Goa in July 2026. India's Central Bureau of Investigation separately took up a case in September after a debt-related suicide in Telangana's Siddipet district was linked to QNET, and the Telangana High Court has since granted interim protection from coercive action to two directors named in that case. Earlier actions include the 2019 shutdown of Vihaan Direct Selling's operations by the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the freezing of bank funds tied to QNET in 2023 cases.
QNET was founded in 1998 as QuestNet and is part of the Malaysia-based QI Group co-founded by Vijay Eswaran. It sells wellness, personal care, home and lifestyle products through independent representatives in dozens of countries. In India it has operated through Vihaan Direct Selling and other names, and the company has said in past disputes that it complies with local laws and is not responsible for the conduct of people who misuse its name. The allegations against Singh have not been tested in court.