Crime Branch sleuths rescue yet another cyber crime victim

The city Crime Branch rescued a telecom engineer from Gayatri Nagar on Wednesday after he was held captive and intimidated by cyber criminals in a digital arrest lasting over six hours.

The engineer, Pramod Kumar (38), works for a private telecom company. The incident began on Tuesday at 4:15 PM, when Pramod received a call from someone claiming to be an officer from the Economic Offences Wing (EOW).

The caller told Pramod that a large sum of money had been transacted using his number. He warned Pramod not to switch off his phone, claiming he was calling from Mumbai.