Hyderabad, Oct. 23 -- A 79-year-old retired teacher from Asifnagar was defrauded of Rs 20 lakh by cybercriminals who posed as police officers and kept her under a so-called "digital arrest" for nearly a month.

The fraudsters convinced her that her bank account was linked to a money laundering case and threatened her with arrest if she did not cooperate, reports The New Indian Express.According to Hyderabad cybercrime police, the victim first received a phone call from a woman claiming to be a police officer, who alleged that her bank account with Canara Bank was connected to illegal transactions.

Soon after, the woman received a video call from a man dressed in a police uniform who introduced himself as "Sunil Yadav" from the Delhi Poli...