Hyderabad, Nov. 24 -- The District Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (D4C), Kothagudem District, of Telangana Cyber Security Bureau successfully foiled a major digital arrest extortion attempt and rescued an elderly family from three days of severe harassment by cyber fraudsters posing as CBI officers, according to police.

The victims in this case were Buddharaju Subbaraju (80), MBBS, who ran Neela Nursing Home in Bhadrachalam, his daughter-in-law, and his minor granddaughter.

On November 20, Dr. Subbaraju received WhatsApp video calls from offenders impersonating as CBI officials. They falsely claimed that a bank account opened with his Aadhaar in Mumbai was linked to over 100 criminal cases being investigated by CBl.

According to the p...