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New 'Digital Arrest' Cases Hit Pune, Mumbai and Kanpur as Karnataka Vows Action After ₹31.83-Crore Bengaluru Fraud

Police warn scammers impersonate agencies to coerce transfers during video calls, urging immediate reporting for better chances of recovery.

From September 15, 2024 to March 26, 2025, the Bengaluru woman was held under constant surveillance through video call, causing great mental and physical stress.
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Upon realising that he had been cheated, the elderly man approached the police and filed a complaint on November 17. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

Overview

  • A 57-year-old Bengaluru tech professional was coerced over Skype for six months into 187 transfers totaling about ₹31.83 crore after callers posed as courier staff and CBI officers.
  • A retired professor in Pune lost ₹3.08 crore and a Pimpri-Chinchwad couple lost ₹2.14 crore in separate cases registered on Monday, with police noting late reporting hindered recovery.
  • Mumbai Police say an 80-year-old Dadar resident transferred ₹1.08 crore after callers first posed as TRAI staff and then as Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla, invoking BNS and IT Act charges.
  • Kanpur cyber police are probing a ₹6.66 lakh loss after fraudsters tied a victim to the Delhi blast investigation and placed her under a so-called digital arrest via video calls.
  • Karnataka’s home minister called the Bengaluru loss the state’s biggest online fraud to date, as investigators across cities trace mule accounts and cross-border fund flows reported in these schemes.