Overview

• Police say the couple sent Rs 58.13 crore via RTGS between August 19 and October 8 to 18 bank accounts provided by the callers.
• The Maharashtra cyber unit arrested three intermediary account holders identified as Abdul Khulli, Arjun Kadwasara and Jetharam after tracing the transaction trail.
• An FIR has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act, and investigators have frozen known recipient accounts as they pursue the wider network.
• Officials describe the loss as among the largest reported individual sums in a ‘digital arrest’ cyber fraud.
• In a separate Pune case, an 88-year-old reported losing Rs 19.80 lakh after threats of arrest over alleged ‘black money’, with a case registered and the probe ongoing.