Digital Arrest Case in Bengaluru: The cases of digital arrest are continuously increasing in the country. In one such case, a 68-year-old man from Bengaluru lost Rs 1.94 crore. The cyber fraudster kept the victim under digital arrest for seven days and defrauded him of crores of rupees. The case began on November 30, when the victim received a video call on WhatsApp. The callers introduced themselves as officers of the Mumbai Crime Branch and accused the victim of being involved in a money laundering case.
The victim said that the fraudsters told him that he was an accused in a money laundering case along with Indian businessman Naresh Goyal. He said that one of the 247 ATM cards seized during the investigation was his. He further told that the fraudsters first asked him to come to Mumbai for investigation, but later arrested him digitally and asked for bank account information.
While in digital arrest, out of fear the victim transferred Rs 1.94 crore to the account of the fraudsters within 7 days. After this, the fraudsters intimidated him into silence and refused to talk about it to anyone else.
How was the matter revealed?
After a week, on December 7, the victim told his daughter about this. The daughter immediately took him to the police station, where she lodged a complaint against the fraudsters. Earlier this case was registered in a police station in South East Bengaluru, from where it has been transferred to CEN Police.
What did the police tell?
A senior police officer said that after collecting bank details from the victim, the fraudsters came to know where he had invested his money. After this he got the victim to transfer the money to his account. The officer said that it has become common to commit fraud in the name of businessmen like Naresh Goyal. Such cases have come to light earlier also.
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