Pramesh S Jain
Posing as Mumbai crime branch officials,cyber conmen kept a woman under digital arrest for three days and robbed Rs.29.2 lakh from her bank accounts on the pretext of enquiry on June 16 .
Based on the complaint by the victim, the East Division Cyber Crime Police have registered an FIR against unknown persons charging them under IT act and also under section 318(4) (cheating that involves inducing someone to deliver property or a valuable security through deception) of the BNS on Thursday.
The victim,said that she received a Interactive voice response (IVR),call on her mobile phone on June 16 and the caller introduced himself as officer with Mumbai crime branch.
The caller accused her of having a parcel in her name which contain laptop,passports,ATMs cards and MDMA.
Accusing her on smuggling drugs and money laundering, the caller said that a case has been registered and informed her that he is under arrest digitally.
The accused asked her to cooperate in the investigation and threatened to arrest her,they asked her to share personal details and her bank account details .
Feared of being arrested the victim shared all the details and even allowed them to transfer the savings in her bank accounts through UPI and RTGS for three days , promising that the money would be returned after the completion of investigation.
The accused even threatened her not to share the details with anyone as they are constantly monitoring her .
The scam came to light when the accused after emptying her count vanished and did not return the money as promised .
The police have advised people not to fall prey to such scams.There is no provision in the police department for digital arrest and those who receive such calls,should not entertain and inform the control room, a senior officer,said.
