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Hyderabad Makes Key Arrests as New ‘Digital Arrest’ Cases Hit Seniors in Noida

Investigators describe organised rings targeting seniors through impersonation via coercive video calls.

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Claiming to be CBI officers, the frauds allegedly put him under digital arrest on the pretext of an investigation, and made him transfer his savings to their suggested bank accounts, said police. (Representational image)
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Overview

  • Hyderabad cyber crimes wing arrested Bengaluru bank employee Prathap Kesari Pradhan for allegedly opening and managing accounts used in nationwide digital‑arrest rackets, with links to seven cases.
  • In a separate Hyderabad case, police arrested Bobbari Srinivasa Rao of Visakhapatnam as an account supplier tied to a ₹43 lakh fake IPO scheme and 18 other cases across India.
  • Noida police registered two fresh digital‑arrest complaints: a 92‑year‑old professor lost ₹1.02 crore over five days, and a 76‑year‑old woman lost ₹43.70 lakh after being falsely linked to the Pahalgam attack.
  • Telangana Cyber Security Bureau said a 78‑year‑old Nizamabad man lost over ₹30 lakh during a 50‑hour digital arrest, with ₹20 lakh placed on hold after a timely 1930 helpline alert.
  • Parallel investment and tech‑enabled scams continue nationwide, including a Kochi businessman’s ₹24.76 crore loss over 96 transactions, a Gurugram senior’s ₹73.25 lakh app‑based fraud, and a Hyderabad WhatsApp trading scam costing ₹7.6 lakh, with police urging reports to 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in.