India, Dec. 14 -- Three men of a cyber fraud gang have been arrested after an 82-year-old woman living alone in Hauz Khas in south Delhi was allegedly placed under "digital arrest" in April this year and was cheated of Rs.1.16 crore. The fraudsters had impersonated law enforcement officials and threatened her with legal action, police said on Saturday.

Around Rs.17 lakh of the duped money was seized and has been returned to the victim.

The arrested accused are Dev Raj, 46 from Himachal Pradesh and Prabhakar Kumar, 27 and Rupesh Kumar Singh, 37, both from Bihar.

The woman, in her complaint, said she received a call on April 25, when the caller posed as a law enforcement official and accused her of being linked to a criminal case. She sa...