‘Drugs found in booked parcel’, digital arrest made and fraud of Rs 32 crore from woman

A 57-year-old woman from Bengaluru lost around Rs 32 crore in a ‘digital arrest’ scam. A case has been registered in this regard and investigation is being done. The fraudsters, posing as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers, kept the woman in a state of ‘digital arrest’ by continuously monitoring her through Skype and took advantage of her panic, obtained all the financial information from her and pressurized her to make 187 bank transfers.

These allegations were made against the woman by calling

In her complaint, the software engineer from Indiranagar in the city said that the fraudsters kept her under the false pretext of ‘digital arrest’ for more than six months until she finally got the ‘clearance letter’. It started with a call on September 15, 2024, from a person claiming to be from DHL Andheri alleging that a parcel booked in his name contained credit card, passport and ‘MDMA’ and that his identity had been misused. Methylene-dioxymethamphetamine (MMDA) is a narcotic.

The accused made the woman talk to fake CBI officers

Before the woman could respond, the call was transferred to persons posing as CBI officers, who threatened her and claimed that all the evidence was against her. The woman was instructed to create two Skype IDs and remain on video.

The accused kept an eye on the woman for a week

A person named Mohit Handa kept an eye on him for two days, after which Rahul Yadav kept an eye on him for a week. Another fraudster, Pradeep Singh, posed as a senior CBI officer and put pressure on him to prove his innocence.

paid separately for tax

Umarani shared her financial details from September 24 to October 22 and transferred huge amounts of money. He deposited the alleged security deposit of Rs 2 crore between October 24 and November 3, after which further payments were made towards tax.

The health of the victim woman deteriorated due to mental stress.

The victim received the ‘clearance letter’ on December 1, but after suffering the stress for so many days, she fell seriously ill, from which it took a month to recover and recover. After December, scammers demanded processing fees and repeatedly postponed refunds to February and then March. All communication stopped on March 26, 2025. The victim said, ‘An amount of approximately Rs 31.83 crore was recovered from me through 187 transactions, which was deposited by me.’ (with language input)

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