Cyber crooks posing as CBI officers held in digital arrest scam
LUCKNOW, July 7 -- A joint operation by Lucknow's cyber crime police station and cyber cell led to the arrest of two cyber fraudsters from Odisha who allegedly posed as CBI officials and duped a man of Rs 47 lakh by convincing him that he was under digital house arrest, police said on Sunday.
According to Lucknow Police, the accused, Ranjit Kumar Behera, 27 of Baleshwar district and Jayant Kumar Sahu, 33, of Keonjhar, were arrested on July 4 from Keonjhar and brought to Lucknow for investigation.
Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) crime Kamlesh Dixit said the accused tricked the victim, identified as Rakvendra Verma, through fake WhatsApp video calls showing forged arrest warrants and seizure notices. "They told the victim that his Aadhaar and mobile number were used in criminal activities and a case was registered against him at Andheri East police station in Mumbai," Dixit said....
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