India, July 28 -- Picture this. You have returned to India after a long stay overseas. You have not even settled when you receive a phone call accusing you of committing a heinous crime and informing you that you are being investigated for a money laundering case. Before you can dismiss the event as a nightmare, you are shown arrest warrants.

Your bank account details are recited as if they were some mantra in a temple. And a senior officer from the CBI appears on a video call, ordering you to comply. What would you do? Do you think you will have any other option but to comply and agree to whatever you are being asked to do?

Well, this is not a fictional story. On July 17, 2025, two women in Bengaluru complied with instructions purporte...