Housewife mortgages 30 tola gold to pay ₹30 L in digital arrest fraud

MUMBAI: A 61-year-old Worli-based housewife was duped of ₹30 lakh by frauds who posed as government and police officials and placed her under digital arrest, claiming her mobile and bank accounts had been used in various frauds. They later coerced her to mortgage 300 grams of gold and pay them ₹30 lakh.

According to the central cyber police, the 61-year-old woman lived in Worli with her 62-year-old businessman husband and their son. On June 3, she received a call from a person who claimed that he was calling from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).