Kolkata, May 12: A man has been arrested in Kolkata for allegedly extorting ₹3 crore from a woman in Haryana by threatening her with a ‘digital arrest.’
According to a senior police officer, the accused, Rahul Roy, was apprehended with the assistance of Kolkata police in the Bansdroni area of South Kolkata.
Members of a cyber fraud gang reportedly siphoned off ₹3 crore from the account of an elderly woman, the wife of a former army officer residing in Panchkula, Haryana.
Police revealed that the incident occurred a few months ago when the fraudsters impersonated Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials and called the victim. They claimed that a parcel sent in her name contained drugs and that she was under “digital arrest.”
The victim was allegedly prevented from leaving her home. As purported evidence, the scammers showed her a video call and sent multiple fake documents via WhatsApp.
To escape this predicament, she transferred ₹3 crore to the fraudsters’ account. Later, she filed a complaint at the Panchkula police station.
Upon initiating an investigation, Haryana police discovered that a portion of the ₹3 crore had been transferred to a bank account in Kolkata. Based on this information, police identified Rahul Roy, a resident of Bansdroni.
Recently, a joint team from Kolkata and Haryana police raided his home in Bansdroni. After his arrest, he was being transported back to Haryana. Authorities have launched a search for other members of the gang.
In a related incident, cyber fraudsters recently targeted an elderly woman in Nayabad, South Kolkata, threatening her with a ‘digital arrest’ and extorting ₹12.55 lakh in two installments.
The scammers allegedly called the woman, claiming to be police officers, and asserted that she was facing charges of fraud and cheating.
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