Three men held for cheating doctor out of Rs. 1 crore and threatening him with digital arrest

Three men who were allegedly part of a racket that cheated a city doctor out of ₹1 crore, threatening him with digital arrest, have been arrested.

The three were identified as Subrata Mallick, 32, Pankaj Mallick, 36 and Bishnu Agarwal, 51.

Police said the doctor had filed a complaint with Survey Park police station last November after getting a fraudulent call. The caller posed as an officer of Mumbai police and informed him that his name had emerged in a money laundering case.