Threatened with ‘digital arrest’, 76-year-old doctor loses Rs 28 lakhs in cyber fraud

A 76-year-old doctor from Pimpri Chinchwad was duped of Rs 28 lakh by cyber criminals who posed as CBI officers and threatened him by saying he was under surveillance and that he had been placed under ‘digital arrest.’

An FIR was registered at Pimpri police station by the doctor, who has been practising for over 40 years. On the afternoon of November 28, when he was examining patients, he received a WhatsApp call from a man who identified himself as ‘CBI officer Ravi Kumar.’