Delhi digital arrest scam: Retired engineer duped of Rs 10 crore, CBI starts probe

The CBI has registered a case in connection with the “digital arrest” of a 73-year-old retired engineer from Delhi’s Rohini who was allegedly swindled out of ₹10 crore by cyber criminals posing as police and employees of a multinational courier company.

They claimed that a consignment, booked using his Aadhaar card, to China had been returned. Subsequently, they connected him with their associates who posed as officers from Mumbai police. They coerced him to shell out money through a series of transactions in the name of the police and the Enforcement Directorate chief.