Retired man loses Rs 1 crore from his retirement funds to ‘digital arrest’, say police
An elderly Calcuttan was kept under “digital arrest” for more than a week and forced to transfer ₹1.09 crore from his retirement funds, police said.
Two teenagers and a youth were arrested from Odisha by Bidhannagar police on Sunday for their involvement in the fraud.
On July 7, Subhendu Goswami of Dum Dum Park received a call where the caller said he was an official of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and that TRAI had come across a mobile number issued using his Aadhaar card that had been used for illegal activities.
