Taking judicial notice of the rising instances of people being defrauded through “digital arrests”, the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday sought the response of the Union Home Ministry and the CBI in the matter.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Home Ministry through its Secretary and to the CBI through its Director.

The court was hearing a complaint by a senior citizen couple from Ambala, Haryana, who said they were defrauded of Rs 1,05,50,000 by digital arrest fraudsters who threatened them with forged orders of the Supreme Court, the Bombay High Court, and the Enforcement Directorate. The SC had taken suo motu cognisance of their September 21, 2025, complaint.

Hearing it, the Bench said, “We are also inclined to take judicial notice that the instant c

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