Lucknow, July 26 -- A law student and a businessman were among the three people arrested on Friday for scamming a woman out of a sum of Rs 56 lakh after putting her under "digital arrest", cyber police here said. The duo impersonated CBI officers and was said to have masterminded the scam. With the fresh arrests, the total number of individuals caught in the case went up to six. Three people were arrested on Thursday. Police said Chitransh Kunwar (26), who runs a medical equipment business in Indira Nagar and is the prime accused in the case, Mohd Zaid (27), the law student, and Mohan Kumar Rawat (27) allegedly scammed people by intimidating them using fake police identities and staged video calls to extort money. "Police recovered seven mobile phones, Rs.1.7 lakh in cash, 11 debit cards, two credit cards, three cheque books, and an SUV from them," said ADCP crime/cyber Rallapalli Vasanth Kumar. "This follows the arrest of Anurag Tiwari from Sultanpur and Prakhar Pratap Singh and Anupam Singh from Rae Bareli on Thursday," the ADCP added. Inspector-in-charge of the cyber crime police station, Brijesh Kumar Yadav said the complainant, Rita Bhasin, was targeted on July 18. She was shown a fake arrest warrant and told to pay to avoid jail. "The gang used WhatsApp, fake documents, and threats to coerce their victims. Police said the defrauded money was funneled through multiple bank accounts, converted into cryptocurrency (USDT), and distributed among the six," the ADCP added. The ADCP said mule bank accounts, social media groups and manipulating banks were among the tools deployed by the scamsters.HTC...