In wake of the recent car bomb blast near Red Fort in Delhi, a surge in terror-related rumours has provided fertile ground for cyber criminals, who are now targeting citizens with sophisticated “digital arrest" scams. In a shocking case from Kanpur, scammers impersonated officers from the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to intimidate a woman into transferring Rs 6.66 lakh.

The victim, Sunita Gaur, received multiple calls between November 9-11, in which the fraudsters claimed her mobile number was linked to terrorist activities related to the Delhi blasts. They warned that she and her entire family would face arrest unless she complied.

“The callers were very convincing. I genuinely believed it was a real investigation and transferred the money immediately," Sunita told reporters

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