Digital arrest scam: Two including manpower agency owner arrested in Chennai

CHENNAI: After a woman lodged a complaint about losing Rs 1.16 lakh in a digital arrest scam, the Triplicane Cyber Crime Wing police arrested two men in connection with the fraud on Saturday.

According to the police, on February 3, Rizwana Begum received a call from someone posing as a customs officer, claiming a drug-laden parcel had arrived in her name. Shortly after, a man in a police uniform video-called her via WhatsApp, threatening immediate digital arrest unless she paid a fine. Panicked, she transferred Rs 1.16 lakh, only to realise that she had been scammed. She later reported the incident to the Triplicane police.