India, Nov. 21 -- An 83-year-old retired Army colonel from Bengaluru lost Rs.56 lakh after falling victim to a digital arrest scam carried out over nearly two weeks. Fraudsters posing as Mumbai police officers allegedly intimidated the victim into transferring his entire savings.

According to his complaint filed with the central cybercrime police on 18 November, the victim received a call on 27 October from a man identifying himself as Sanjay Pise, a police officer from Mumbai. The caller claimed that a SIM card registered in the colonel's name had been used for harassment calls and illegal advertising, and that a criminal case had been filed. He was instructed to travel to Mumbai for questioning, as per a report by The Times of India (T...