Unidentified fraudsters extorted ₹30 lakh from a 67-year-old woman in Indore by claiming that her name had surfaced in a terror case investigation and putting her under so-called digital arrest, police said on Friday (December 12, 2025).

‘Digital arrest’ is a form of cyber fraud where fraudsters pose as law enforcement officers and threaten people through audio or video calls, forcing them to transfer money online.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Dandotiya said the woman received a call on November 23 from a person who introduced himself as a Superintendent of Police posted in Jammu and Kashmir.

“The fraudster told the woman that a mobile phone seized from a terrorist had revealed clues to money laundering worth ₹2,300 crore, and the woman's bank account had been used fo

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