IT employee held under ’digital arrest’ in Telangana: Know how things unfolded

A 44-year-old IT employee placed under “digital arrest” by scamsters has managed to escape with the help of police without losing any money. The employee was under “digital arrest” for almost 30 hours for a fake money laundering case, reported PTI.

The event unfolded in the early hours of October 26 and went on till October 27. The fraudsters posed as the Mumbai Police and made video and voice calls to him through an instant messaging app. The fraudsters had instructed the victim not to disconnect the call, the report said, citing police officials.