New Delhi: The digital arrest scam is growing at an alarming rate in India, and even the Supreme Court is extremely concerned.

After being informed by the Centre that an estimated Rs 3,000 crore had been collected from Indian citizens, mostly elderly persons, the top court said on Monday that digital arrest fraud needs to be dealt with an “iron hand”. ADVERTISEMENT

“It’s shocking that almost Rs 3,000 crores have been collected from victims in our country alone. If we ignore this problem or cow down now and don’t pass stringent orders, the problem will magnify. We are determined to deal with this problem with an iron hand,” said a bench headed by justice Surya Kant.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted a report in a sealed cover in a

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