Overview
- Delhi Police arrested six alleged operatives in Lucknow for extorting Rs 49 lakh from a 71-year-old woman kept under virtual confinement for nearly 24 hours.
- Investigators say the syndicate impersonated law-enforcement, coerced victims over continuous video calls, and funneled money through layered mule accounts before ATM withdrawals.
- Mumbai Police report 142 “digital arrest” cases from January to October 2025 with losses of Rs 114 crore, highlighting seniors living alone as frequent targets.
- The Mumbai Cyber Crime Branch began door-to-door visits to 627 identified seniors in Zone 1, deploying 25 officers and 27 constables and distributing multilingual pamphlets.
- Police advise the public to reject such calls, avoid transferring money, and report incidents via helplines 1930/100 or the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (cybercrime.gov.in).