Hyderabad, Feb. 14 -- Deepak Karmugekar, a Hyderabad-based social media influencer, in collaboration with the Hyderabad Police, on Saturday, February 14, began raising awareness on the "digital arrest" scam - a kind of fraud where scammers impersonate police or government officials on video call, falsely accusing victims of crimes they didn't commit and extorting money by threatening arrest or legal action.

Karmungekar shared a video on social media platform Instagram and captioned it, "This reel is part of cybercrime awareness initiative by Hyderabad Commissioner of Police VC Sajjanar."

In the reel, Karmungekar addresses the public. "What's the matter? Why have you made that face? Did the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) call you?...