Man held for Rs 3 crore 'digital arrest' scam

Uttarakhand STF and the state cyber police on Sunday arrested a 27-year-old man from Bahraich, UP, in a joint operation for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 3 crore by putting him under “digital arrestAt the latter’s house in Dehradun’s Rajpur region, reports Kalyan Das. Accused Manoj Kumar was arrested during investigation into a fraud case registered in May. The victim alleged that Kumar called him on WhatsApp on May 20 and claimed that security agencies had seized a parcel in his name containing drugs and passports. Kumar posed as an officer of the Greater Mumbai Police and threatened to lock him up money laundering and drug trafficking case and forced him to transfer the amount to clear his name. Over the next two days, Kumar placed the man in a “digital detention” and maintained constant contact with him through WhatsApp video and voice calls. Kumar was traced using his phone numbers and bank account details.