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No Concept Of Digital Or Online Arrest Under PMLA: ED

ED said that there is no concept of digital arrest or online arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

New Delhi: There is no concept of digital or online arrest under the anti-money laundering law and the ED undertakes such a procedure only in person, the federal probe agency said on Wednesday. The reiteration by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) comes in the backdrop of rising instances of 'digital arrest', a cyber crime where criminals cheat people by calling them over an online messaging platform and seek money in return.

"It is reiterated that arrests made by the ED are done after following due procedure and are done physically in person. "There is no concept of digital arrest or on

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