₹3.4 Cr Loss for Senior Citizen Under “Digital Arrest”
₹3.4 Cr Loss for Senior Citizen Under “Digital Arrest”
Kolkata, West Bengal: A 72-year-old man from Golpark was threatened with “digital arrest” after two people from north Bengal, Kundan Mishra (33), and Debjani Nag Biswas (52), were nabbed by the Kolkata Police on Friday for extorting ₹3.4 crore from him.
The elderly person was threatened with arrest by the accused, who pretended to be police officers, for allegedly posting pornographic material on the internet.
“The defendant, Mishra, a self-proclaimed advocate at the Jalpaiguri court, and Biswas, a clerk at Siliguri Municipality, were detained following a two-month investigation into a cyber fraud case that was registered on Nov 1 last year,” said Rupesh Kumar, the joint CP for crime and traffic.
A laptop, three cell phones, and other bank documents were confiscated by the police.
The complainant claims that after being targeted by scammers posing as Mumbai Police, TRAI, and cybercrime department officers, he lost ₹3.4 crore. On September 18, 2024, the event started with a phone call accusing him of posting pornographic material online.
After obtaining the victim’s Aadhaar information, the scammers used fictitious Supreme Court rulings to threaten him. They coerced him into selling his investments and moving money across other accounts by threatening his family.
Additionally, the scammers allegedly produced fake documents with the ED, RBI, and CBI logos on them. Then, using the pretence of a government program for recovering black money, they convinced the victim to transfer his life savings.
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