India, Sept. 24 -- Amid the rise in "digital arrest" cases, an ex-banker has gone public with his story and revealed how he lost his life savings worth Rs.23 crores to digital fraud.

Retired banker Naresh Malhotra lost his entire life savings after he fell prey to digital fraud. As per a report by PTI, the 78-year-old man was kept confined to his house for over a month under "digital arrest."

On August 1, Malhotra received a call from a man claiming to be from a mobile company, who told him that his Aadhar card had been used in Mumbai in connection to terror funding cases.

"They told me that I needed to talk to the Mumbai Police regarding the same matter and if they approved, the connection would continue, or else it would be disconnec...