‘You funded Red Fort blast’: Fake NIA officers put Delhi couple under 7-day digital arrest
On November 23, a retired Indian Railways employee received a call, claiming to be from the National Investigative Agency (NIA), informing him that he had funded the Red Fort attack. The attack, which occurred on November 10, killed 13 people. Unbeknownst to the caller, he was actually a cyber fraudster. Over the next seven days, the elderly man and his wife were subjected to digital arrest, losing Rs 30 lakh of their savings.
The couple eventually recovered Rs 12 lakh and one accused was arrested. Police noted that cyber fraudsters are increasingly using recent high-profile criminal cases to scare victims into transferring money.
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