Retired railway employee duped of ₹30 lakh in digital arrest scam; one held
A retired railway employee was defrauded of ₹30 lakh by a cybercrime syndicate posing as government officials. The scammers used 'digital arrest' tactics, threatening the victim with false terror funding charges to extort money, leading to one arrest.
Why it matters
This incident underscores the rising prevalence of sophisticated 'digital arrest' scams in India that exploit fear and impersonate high-level regulatory and security agencies.
A retired Indian Railways employee was allegedly duped of ₹30 lakh by an interstate cyber fraud syndicate that impersonated ATS, NIA and RBI officials and falsely linked him to terror funding and money laundering, the Delhi Police Crime Branch said on Sunday. One person has been arrested.
The accused, identified as Sunil Singla, a resident of Fatehabad in Haryana, allegedly operated a bank account through which ₹15 lakh of the cheated money was routed. The account was also linked to seven other cyber fraud cases registered in different States, the police said.
According to the police, the Dwarka resident was contacted through phone calls and WhatsApp video calls by people posing as officials of the ATS, NIA and RBI. They told him that he had been linked to a terror funding and money laundering case connected with the Red Fort blast in Delhi and threatened him with arrest.
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