60 दिन तक ‘डिजिटल अरेस्ट’… 70 साल की महिला से ऐसे हुई 3 करोड़ की ठगी – digital arrest elderly woman duped three crore dehradun opnm2
In Dehradun, cyber thugs cheated a 70-year-old woman of Rs 3 crore by ‘digitally arresting’ her for 60 days. The fraudsters introduced themselves as CBI officers. After this, the victim was intimidated and threatened for hours over video call. After this, on the pretext of arrest, crores of rupees were transferred from his account.
According to the police, the woman has lodged a complaint at the cyber police station on Friday. After this, a case has been registered and investigation has been started. The victim told that on September 1 last year, she received a video call. The caller introduced himself as a CBI officer. He said that his phone number has surfaced in a money laundering case of Rs 68 crore.
The elderly woman was warned that she would soon be arrested and sent to jail. Not only this, the thugs gave strict instructions to the woman that if she told this to anyone, legal action would be taken against her children also. This threat completely frightened the woman. The fraudsters completely deceived the victim.
The accused said that if the elderly woman wanted to avoid arrest, she would have to transfer the amount from her bank to the account mentioned by her. It was assured that the entire money would be returned after the completion of the investigation. Under pressure, the woman transferred Rs 3.09 crore from her bank between September 2025 and October 2025.
To raise this amount, the woman had to break her fixed deposit, sell shares and also mortgage her jewellery. By the time they realized the fraud, it was too late. After this he contacted the police. Police said that considering the seriousness of the case, the investigation has been intensified.
Call records of the mobile numbers used by fraudsters are being scrutinized and information about the bank accounts to which the money was transferred is being collected. This case of cyber fraud once again shows that ‘digital arrest‘Like how swindlers are extorting huge amounts of money by putting people under mental pressure through new methods.
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