86-Year-Old Woman Held Under ‘Digital Arrest’ for 2 Months, Duped of ₹20 Crore
Mumbai (The Uttam Hindu): A shocking case of cyber fraud has come to light. An elderly woman was kept under digital arrest for about 2 months and 20 crore rupees were swindled from her. During this, the woman was intimidated, threatened and even threatened to arrest her children. The police has taken action on this matter and arrested 2 people.
I am a CBI officer… 86 year old woman kept under digital arrest for 2 months, duped of Rs 20 crores : The person who called the woman introduced himself as Sandeep Rao and said that he is a CBI officer. After this, he alleged that a bank account has been opened using the name and documents of the victim woman, which has been used for illegal activities. Money has been laundered through that bank account and money has been sent to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal.
The fake CBI officer told the woman that the case has been handed over to the CBI and a complaint has been registered. After this, the accused threatened the woman that he has an arrest warrant. The accused told the victim woman that if she does not cooperate in the investigation, the police will reach her house. After this, the victim woman was asked for bank details and other important details in the name of investigation. After this, the woman was digitally arrested. This case continued for about 2 months.
The fake CBI officer and a person named Rajiv Ranjan used to call the woman every 2-3 hours and ask for her location. After this, the victim woman was told that if she wants to get her name removed from this case, then there is a process for it. After this, the victim woman was told that she would have to transfer all the money present in her bank account to the court's account. The cyber thugs also made a fake promise that her money would be returned after the completion of the investigation, however, after this she did not get anything back. After this, she filed an FIR on March 4, after which the police arrested two men aged 20 years each from Mira Road.
