Cybercriminals posing as courier officials allegedly kept Rohini man on an 8-hour video “arrest” call, threatening family and coercing multiple transfers; ₹60 lakh frozen, probe underway
During the video call, the victim was kept on digital arrest for at least eight hours, and the accused allegedly forced him to transfer Rs 10.3 crore to separate accounts.
In January 2026, WhatsApp launched a multi-week investigation into digital arrest scams targeting Indian users, following concerns from I4C, MeitY, and the DoT.
The fraudsters allegedly intimidated the victim by branding him a criminal involved in terrorist activities and claimed that multiple cases were registered against him.
In earlier proceedings, the court had also questioned why advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence were not being used more effectively to track and freeze accounts linked to cybercrimina ...
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