PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 1 -- A retired school teacher in Prayagraj narrowly escaped an alleged cyber fraud attempt involving Rs.2 crore after bank officials and cybercrime police intervened in time, officials said.

Police said cybercriminals allegedly kept the woman under so called"digital arrest" for three days by threatening her with arrest in a money laundering case. The incident came to light when the teacher visited a Punjab National Bank branch to break a fixed deposit of Rs.1.20 crore and sought to transfer the amount to another account. She had also attempted to transfer Rs.90 lakh through RTGS from a Canara Bank account.

ACP Cyber Crime Rajkumar Meena said the accused allegedly intimidated the teacher by claiming that money laundering ...