India, Dec. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBI to conduct a unified, nationwide investigation into the fast-rising cases of digital arrest scams and questioned the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on why Artificial Intelligence is not being used to detect and freeze bank accounts operated by cybercriminals.

Digital arrest scams involve fraudsters impersonating police, court officials or government agencies through audio and video calls, coercing victims-often senior citizens-into paying money by threatening them with fabricated charges.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked all states, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana, to grant the CBI consent to investigate su...