In yet another case of digital arrest scam, a retired banker and his wife in Mumbai were tricked by criminals who impersonated law enforcement officers to extort money. Over a harrowing three-day ordeal, the fraudsters, posing as officials from the Nashik police and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), manipulated the elderly couple to stay on a continuous video call and transfer Rs 50.5 lakh under false pretences.

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The incident, first reported by India Today, took place between September 11 and 24, and the couple began receiving repeated WhatsApp calls from a number claiming to be from the Nashik police. The caller, posing as an IPS officer with the NIA, accused the husband of involvement in a money-laundering probe. To lend credibility

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