India, April 1 -- Two men allegedly extorted Rs.10 lakhs from a 71-year-old woman by posing as a cop and lawyer on WhatsApp, and placing her under 'digital arrest' for being a part of a money laundering case. After two months of searching, the Kandivali Police on Monday arrested the two accused- Bhagatram Bhanwarlal Devashi and Mangesh Choudhary.

The complainant, Praveena Jagdish Jhaveri, is a Kandivali resident. Police said on January 15, she was at home with her grandchildren when she received a WhatsApp video call from an unknown number. The man introduced himself as a police officer and told her that her name had cropped up in a big financial fraud, where her bank account was used to transfer illegal money. Jhaveri was threatened wit...