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An 83-year-old retired government officer from Pune died of a heart attack on Thursday after falling victim to a 'digital arrest' scam. Just weeks earlier, cyber fraudsters had duped him of ₹1.2 crore.

In August, the victim received a call from someone posing as an official from Mumbai’s Colaba Police Station, claiming his name had surfaced in a money-laundering case linked to businessman Naresh Goyal.

Despite his denial, he was connected to a video call where two men, introducing themselves as IPS officer Vijay Khanna and CBI officer Daya Nayak, threatened to arrest him and his wife. The couple was kept on the video call for hours and told they were under digital arrest.

Money transferred under the pretext of investigation

The fraudsters, posing as officials, convi

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