Pune, Oct 18 (PTI) A 70-year-old man from Pune was duped of Rs 1.44 crore after being placed under 'digital arrest' by cyber fraudsters posing as National Investigation Agency and Anti Terrorism Squad officers, a police official said on Saturday.

As per the FIR registered at the Cyber police station here, the man's ordeal began when he got a call on September 23 from a person who introduced himself as an inspector from Mumbai.

The man told the victim that the Lucknow unit of the ATS had arrested a terrorist who used bank accounts in the complainant's name for terror activities, the official said quoting the FIR.

"Later, another person wearing a police uniform spoke to him on video call, informing him that further probe will be carried out by the NIA chief. All this while, the victim was

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