Jammu, Feb. 8 -- The Police Station Cyber Crime Investigation Centre for Excellence (CICE), Jammu, received an online complaint on February 6 from a retired Indian Air Force officer regarding a "digital arrest" cyber fraud involving Rs 52.90 lakh, during which the victim was allegedly kept under digital arrest for nine days.

Acting swiftly on the complaint, the police initiated an investigation, traced the beneficiary bank accounts and followed the money trail without delay. Within three hours of receiving the complaint, an amount of Rs 11.90 lakh was traced to a suspected Yes Bank account in Jodhpur and was immediately placed on hold by invoking the newly issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Additionally, a lien of Rs 4.90 lakh wa...