Mumbai, Oct 10 (PTI) A 71-year-old judge who retired from a consumer court in Amravati district of Maharashtra was duped of Rs 31 lakh by cyber fraudsters in a digital arrest scam, a police official said on Friday.

According to cyber police officials in Amravati, around 700km from Mumbai, they received a complaint from the former judge on Wednesday and have filed an FIR.

According to the complaint, the victim received a call from an unidentified person on September 25, claiming that obscene messages have been sent to 40 people through a mobile phone SIM card registered in his name.

The caller also told the ex-judge his name has cropped up in a money laundering case and that his bank account has been used in a fraud. The fraudster made a video call to the victim and said an inquiry was u

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