India, Feb. 20 -- In two separate cases of cyber fraud, elderly citizens were cheated of over Rs.3.25 crore after fraudsters allegedly posed as officials and threatened them with arrest in fabricated money laundering cases. The cases were lodged on Wednesday.

In the first case, a 70-year-old resident of Erandwane lodged a complaint with the cyber police, stating that he was duped after he received a call from a person claiming to be "Rahul Roy" from the "Personal Data Protection of India, Andheri West" between January 13 and February 4.

The caller allegedly informed him that his Aadhaar card had been misused to open a fake bank account and that obscene videos and photos were being circulated on social media through a mobile number linke...