India, July 18 -- LUCKNOW In a first-of-its-kind conviction in Uttar Pradesh, the CJM court in Lucknow awarded multiple jail terms to a man who impersonated a CBI officer and duped a KGMU doctor of Rs.85 lakh in May last year by falsely accusing her of involvement in a money laundering case and threatening her with a 'digital arrest'. The jail terms will run concurrently.

The accused, Devashish Rai, 35, a resident of Lucknow's Gomti Nagar and a native of Azamgarh, was convicted under multiple IPC sections including cheating, forgery and impersonation, as well as under the IT Act. He had been behind bars since May 2024.

"This is also India's first such cyber fraud case of 'digital arrest' where the accused was granted no bail for the ent...