Monk loses Rs 2.5 cr in ‘digital arrest’: How to be safe against scam

Swami Supradiptananda, the secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Gwalior, lost more than Rs 2 crore to cyber cheats who threatened and harassed him for over 26 days, according to media reports. It is a case of ‘digital arrest’, involving the monk being coerced through video calls into transferring funds to multiple bank accounts.