A 70-year-old resident of New Town has been cheated out of ₹90 lakh after cybercriminals placed him under “digital arrest”. ADVERTISEMENT“The first caller told the complainant that a SIM card issued in his name had been used for fraudulent activities,” said an officer. A few days later, another man called, claiming that Raha’s name had been identified as a suspect in a money laundering case, while the Supreme Court had issued an arrest warrant against him. “The men conducted a virtual hearing and said I have been digitally arrested and coerced into transferring money to their accounts,” Raha told the police. Raha first reported the matter to the National Cyber Crime Portal and then to the local police.

Source: The Telegraph January 26, 2026 02:20 UTC