Overview
- In Mumbai, a 74-year-old doctor lost ₹7.17 crore after fraudsters staged a video-call “court” and placed him under a so-called digital arrest.
- Pune police registered separate FIRs after a retired professor lost ₹3.08 crore and a Pimpri-Chinchwad couple lost ₹2.14 crore to impostors citing terror cases.
- Mumbai’s cyber cell booked a case after an 80-year-old Dadar resident transferred ₹1.08 crore to callers posing as TRAI staff and DGP Rashmi Shukla.
- Karnataka’s home minister promised swift action in the Bengaluru case where a 57-year-old was coerced over six months into 187 transfers totaling ₹31.83 crore.
- Kerala cyber officials reported a ₹1.51 crore loss in Payyoli, 11 arrests in Kozhikode probes, and warned that nationwide takings top ₹3,000 crore, with recoveries hinging on quick complaints.