New Delhi 29 August 2025

As per news report of NDTV,A 100-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow was kept under 'digital arrest' for six days and duped of Rs 1.29 crore, police have found. The incident took place last week when the man, identified as Hardev Singh - a retired Merchant Navy officer, got a call from an unknown number. When he picked up the call, the cyberfraudsters, posing as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers, accused him of being involved in a money laundering case. The scammers then put him under digital arrest and asked him for his bank details. He was also forced to isolate and stay constantly on the phone - unable to inform anyone about the incident.

Source - NDTV

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