Overview
- UP Police released the 5.27-minute film on their official YouTube, Facebook, X and Instagram accounts, with screenings planned in all cinema halls across Uttar Pradesh.
- The story draws from a recent Kanpur incident in which an alert citizen thwarted a fake ‘digital arrest’ attempt, according to the police PRO.
- Raaj Shaandilyaa directed the film from a script by UP Police spokesperson Rahul Srivastava, with Leena Sharma, Kishore Soni and Adil Irani in supporting roles.
- The film underscores that ‘digital arrest’ has no legal basis in India and identifies threats, video calls or demands for online payment as signs of fraud.
- Officials say the release advances DGP Rajeev Krishna’s wider anti-cybercrime campaign, which includes zonal workshops that have sensitised over one lakh people.