India, Dec. 16 -- A Bengaluru-based software professional was allegedly cheated of nearly Rs.2 crore after fraudsters trapped her in what police describe as a "digital arrest" scam, forcing her to sell her flat and two residential plots to meet their demands.

The woman, who works with a software company, was living with her 10-year-old son in a flat in Vignan Nagar in Karnataka's Bengaluru, according to reports by NDTV and News18, when the fraud took place in June.

She received a phone call from a man reportedly posing as a courier official. The caller claimed that a suspicious parcel linked to her Aadhaar card had been seized, following which the call was transferred to people who introduced themselves as officers of the Mumbai Police,...