"You Funded Red Fort Blast": Elderly Couple In 'Digital Arrest' Lose Rs 30 Lakh
Fraudsters posing as NIA officers kept an elderly Delhi couple under 'digital arrest' for 7 days, swindling Rs 30 lakh
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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