New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- A 57-year-old Bengaluru woman was cheated out of a whopping Rs.32 crore by cyber criminals and kept under "digital arrest" for nearly six months after being told that a package booked under her name contained "prohibited items".

The ordeal began on September 15, 2024, when the victim received a call from someone claiming to be from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The caller alleged that a parcel booked under her name from Andheri, Mumbai, contained four passports, three credit cards, MDMA, and other prohibited items.

The woman, a software engineer, denied having travelled to Mumbai, but the fraudsters insisted that her identity had been misused.

The Bengaluru resident repeatedly stated that the parcel h...