In Surat, Gujarat, scammers defrauded a 90-year-old man of Rs 1 crore through digital arrest. The old man lost his entire life’s earnings in this fraud. Report According to, this incident has come to light in Surat, Gujarat. The victim is a trader who invests money in the stock market. According to Deputy Commissioner Bhavesh Rozia, the victim receives a call on Whatsapp. The person in front introduces himself as a CBI officer and says that a parcel was being sent from Mumbai to China in the name of the victim. Drugs were being supplied in the parcel.
The elderly man was kept under digital arrest through this fake call for 15 days. According to the police, five accused have been arrested who were associated with a team in China. The main accused is said to be Partha Gopani, who is said to be hiding in Cambodia. About which the police is still investigating.
According to the report, the victim was made to fear that he and his family would be arrested. Due to this fear, the victim got Rs 1 crore 15 lakh transferred to his account as per the instructions of the scammers. When other members of the family came to know about the incident, they informed the cyber cell of Surat about it. 46 debit cards of different banks, one vehicle, rubber stamps of 4 different companies, 9 mobile phones and 28 SIM cards were recovered from the five arrested accused.
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