LUCKNOW, April 12 -- Yet another city doctor fell victim to the digital arrest fraud, as confidence tricksters skimmed a whopping Rs.95 lakh off him, recently.

"Between April 6 and April 8, the 76-year-old retired doctor was kept confined to his house and compelled to transfer Rs.95 lakh to the account of the cyber frauds through RTGS in that time period. When they started demanding Rs.25 lakh more, the doctor suspected fraud and reported it to police after which an FIR was registered on April 8 under multiple sections of BNS and IT Act, 2008. Efforts are being made to hold the money from the fraudsters," said Brijesh Yadav, station house officer, cyber police station.

The victim, Dr BN Singh, a resident of Virat Khand, Gomti Nagar, tol...