Bhimavaram, Nov. 28 -- The police arrested 13 members of a criminal gang who allegedly committed offences in the name of 'digital arrest' and recovered Rs 42 lakh from them.
West Godavari district Superintendent of police Adnan Nayeem Asmi told the media here on Thursday that the digital gang telephoned ageretired professor Sharma and introduced themselves as officials. They told them that he would be digitally arrested and demanded to divulge details of his Aadhar card and bank account.
The professors feared the digital arrest and revealed the bank account details.
The digital gang withdrew Rs 78 lakh from his account in 13 days. Later Professor Sharma understood that he was deceived in the name of digital arrest and all his money was w...