Hyderabad, Feb. 10 -- The Hyderabad City Cyber Crime Police arrested three people for allegedly cheating a 62-year-old man to the tune of Rs 1.07 crore in a digital arrest scam.

The three accused - Gurdeep Singh alias Lucky Narang, 42, Harpreet Singh alias Karan Kowshik, 36, and Kumar Mohit alias Mohit Kowshik, 30 - are all from New Delhi. Gurdeep runs a money exchange and travel business, Harpreet Singh works as an RO technician and Kumar Mohit plans to start a food business.

According to a complaint lodged by the victim, a resident of Hyderabad, he received a call from an unknown person on October 16, 2025, claiming to be an officer from the Mumbai Crime Branch. The victim was told that his Aadhaar card and phone number had been compr...