Dehradun, Aug. 10 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

DEHRADUN, 8 Aug: The Cyber Crime Police Team of STF Uttarakhand has arrested two main accused from Ludhiana, Punjab, for cheating a retired senior citizen from Haridwar of Rs 1.45 crore. The accused used to cheat people by pretending to be CBI officers and Supreme Court judges. They scared victims with fake arrest threats and got their money by sending fake court orders and audio recordings.

This case came to light when a retired senior citizen from Haridwar, who earlier worked as a Junior Engineer in the Irrigation Department, filed a complaint. He said he got a call from a foreign number. The caller claimed to be from CBI and Mumbai Police. He threatened the victim with a false money laundering c...