LUCKNOW, March 27 -- In what is assumed to be the first-of-its-kind case of 'digital arrest' in the city, a 59-year-old teacher was allowed to do chores, go to her school and run other errands for 22 days that she was scammed, police said. All this while, no one suspected that the senior teacher was going through the ordeal.

Before seeking police help, Pramila Maansingh, who teaches at a private school here, lost Rs.78 lakh to fraudsters impersonating CBI officers from March 1 to 22, Lucknow cyber police said.

Police, meanwhile, froze a bank account with Rs.38.80 lakh that belonged to the fraudsters.

"Pramila Maansingh, who lives in Indira Nagar, was convinced by the crooks that one of her bank accounts was being used for illegal activ...