Mumbai- A 73-year-old former managing director of the mining division of a global conglomerate was allegedly duped of Rs 70 lakh by cyber fraudsters posing as senior officers from the ATS Delhi and the NIA, Mumbai Police said on Monday.

The fraudsters threatened the victim, claiming that ATS Delhi had conducted a search operation in Mumbai in connection with the Pahalgam terror attack, and that his name had surfaced alongside those of builders, industrialists, and bureaucrats.

During a video call, one of the fraudsters—posing as an Inspector General (IG)-rank officer from the National Investigation Agency—told the victim that an arrest warrant had been issued in his name and even sent a photo of the purported warrant to his mobile phone, officials said.

The complainant, who resides in

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