Hyderabad family loses Rs 5.5 crore after being in 17-day Digital Arrest: ‘Aadhaar, drugs and more’ used to dupe them

A Hyderabad family has become the victim of a sophisticated online scam, losing a huge sum of Rs 5.5 crore after being subjected to a 17-day long “digital arrest.”
How the scam took place
The ordeal began on November 13th when Bharati Bai Agarwal, a 67-year-old resident of Basheerbagh, received a call from a man identifying himself as Rahul Kumar from the Department of Telecommunications (TRAI). He falsely claimed that Agarwal’s Aadhaar card linked phone number was implicated in money laundering and drug trafficking cases.