FIR After Nearly A Year As Bhopal LIC Agent Loses ₹35 Lakh In Digital Arrest Scam
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A woman LIC agent who lost Rs 35 lakh to cyber fraudsters posing as police officers had to wait nearly a year for Govindpura police to register an FIR in the digital arrest scam. The victim, Uma Samaddar, had lodged a complaint in September 2025, stating that she was threatened with arrest over alleged terror funding and made to transfer money into multiple bank accounts.…
In Bhopal, a woman who lost Rs 35 lakh to cyber fraud has finally seen action after nearly a year. Uma Samaddar, an LIC and post office agent, was accused of transferring money to accounts controlled by suspects, according to reports. The fraud began in September 2025 when she received threatening calls from individuals claiming to be police officers.
The fraudsters claimed they had deposited Rs 7 crore linked to terror funding in her bank account and threatened her with 45 days of arrest and her family's arrest as well. Samaddar, believing the threat, transferred Rs 21.5 lakh to the fraudsters' accounts. Desperate for funds, she borrowed from relatives and transferred the remaining amount to the fraudsters' accounts.
Cyber police froze Rs 15 lakh, preventing the suspects from withdrawing it. The case had been pending for a long time before Govindpura police finally registered an FIR. Authorities are now working to recover the stolen money and identify the suspects.
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