DIGITAL ARREST: Women duped of Rs 99 lakh on a video call

Rupnagar (The Uttam Hindu): A retired female lecturer of the district has been made a victim of fraud by making a digital arrest, in this regard, a case has been registered against unknown accused in the Cyber ​​Crime Police Station, Rupnagar and an investigation has been started. During the digital arrest, the woman has been cheated of more than Rs 99 lakh. The complainant woman said that on November 18, a video call came on her mobile. Through which she was cheated. The woman said that her husband has died. The woman said that when the person who made the video call on WhatsApp identified himself as an officer of Crime Branch Mumbai, she asked the reason for making the video call. The woman said that the caller warned her not to make the mistake of switching off the phone because she has been digitally arrested. The caller said that a case of money laundering has been registered against you in Crime Branch Mumbai. After this, the caller mentioned the employee of DHL company as a witness and said that now our senior officers will talk to you. The senior officer with whom he spoke was speaking in Urdu. Who confirmed that a case has been registered against me (the victim woman). He said that according to your Aadhaar card, you have six accounts opened, through which money laundering is being done. He threatened that this matter is also being investigated by RBI. According to the woman, she was quite scared, while in the meantime another person came on the call, who said his name was Bal Singh Rajput and said that he was DG Crime Mumbai, while the logo of Crime Branch was also visible behind his chair. The person used English language more while talking and also showed me the digital arrest warrant through video call. She was kept on call at night and asked to go to the bank in the morning and transfer the money and said that if you are not found involved in money laundering in the RBI investigation, then all your money will be returned, otherwise be ready to face the trial.

The woman said that she was so scared that she could not understand anything. She was forced to follow the instructions given. After this, a digital arrest order was sent to her and Rs 99 lakh 49 thousand 68 were transferred from her. She was released from digital arrest with the transfer of the money. The woman said that after coming to know about this fraud, she filed a complaint at the cyber crime police station of Rupnagar. Inspector Rajnish Kumar, in-charge of cyber crime, said that a case has been registered on the basis of the complaint and a thorough investigation has been started. He has also appealed to people to be aware of such cyber frauds.