India, April 16 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four top operatives linked to an organised crime syndicate that extorted Rs.7.67 crore from a Rajasthan resident over three months by placing the person under 'digital arrest'. Two of the accused were arrested from Mumbai while two others were arrested from Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh, CBI officials said.

"The CBI has been adopting a multi-pronged approach in investigating digital arrest cases, with a special emphasis on dismantling the infrastructure behind such offences," an agency official told Hindustan Times.

According to the CBI, the four accused extorted money from the Rajasthan resident by masquerading as personnels of various law enforcement agenc...