Overview

• On April 27, fraudsters posing as Mumbai’s Colaba Police and CBI agents told 81-year-old Nandini Chiplunkar she faced 267 FIRs over dealings with Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and threatened to deactivate her SIM.
• Chiplunkar endured two days of ‘digital arrest’ during which she was coerced into transferring ₹1 crore to a fake account to avert legal proceedings.
• A bank manager grew suspicious when she tried to break a ₹50 lakh fixed deposit, alerted the Crime Branch and stalled the transaction.
• Investigators secured the ₹50 lakh deposit, registered Chiplunkar’s complaint and are working to identify the impersonators; no formal case has been filed yet.
• Officials warn that digital arrest scams using intimidation and impersonation are on the rise, with senior citizens across India among the prime targets.