IT professional ends life in Pune; suspected to be victim of digital arrest scam
PUNE: A 22-year-old IT professional allegedly died by suicide in Kharadi area of Pune with his family suspecting that he was being harassed by cyber fraudsters in a digital arrest scam, police said on Thursday.
The man jumped to his death from a building on October 1.
He had been receiving calls from a suspected scamster over the previous week, a police official said. No suicide note was found. Police are examining his financial transactions.
