Overview

• In Bhopal, a 71-year-old retired BHEL supervisor was coerced under a so-called digital arrest into transferring about ₹68.3 lakh, with cyber police registering a case and launching a probe.
• In Hyderabad, a 75-year-old Yakutpura resident sent ₹21,01,650 across five RTGS and NEFT transfers after WhatsApp video callers impersonated an IPS officer and showed forged documents; a case was booked.
• In Mumbai, a 33-year-old Byculla woman moved ₹27,20,300 via UPI and RTGS after conmen posed as telecom and police officials, including a fake “Cyber DCP Milind Bharambe”; an FIR was filed.
• Across cases, fraudsters used WhatsApp video calls, uniforms and forged letters or warrants to allege Aadhaar misuse and threaten arrest, then directed money into multiple bank accounts.
• Police say there is no digital arrest, no agency demands money for verification, and victims should call 1930 or report at cybercrime.gov.in immediately to improve chances of freezing funds.