Chennai, Nov 11, 2025

Panic spread through a quiet neighbourhood in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore after a 65-year-old man and his wife were allegedly “digitally arrested” and confined inside their home for nearly two days by cybercriminals posing as officials from the Defence Ministry and Mumbai Police.

The elderly couple, residents of Ramanathapuram, received a distressing phone call from a man claiming to be an official from the Ministry of Defence in Mumbai.

The caller falsely alleged that the man’s Aadhaar number was linked to bank transactions involving terrorist groups and said the matter was under investigation.

To “verify” his financial records, the caller demanded details of the couple’s bank accounts.

Soon after, another individual appeared on a video call dressed in a police unif

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