{
  "id": 670639,
  "title": "Jabalpur Senior Citizen Couple Loses ₹22 Lakh After 13-Day ‘Digital Arrest’ Scam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/jabalpur-senior-citizen-couple-loses-22-lakh-after-13-day-digital",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T13:42:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/jabalpur-senior-citizen-couple-loses-22-lakh-after-13-day-digital-arrest-scam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A senior citizen couple from Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur allegedly lost ₹22 lakh after cyber fraudsters digitally arrested them for 13 days by pretending to be Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials. The suspects threatened to implicate them in money laundering and drug-related cases, forcing them to transfer money. The victim, identified as Prakash Paul Shejwal,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}