Another case of digital arrest has come to light in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. This time cyber criminals made Pramod Kumar, a field engineer of a private telecom company, their victim. The fraudsters, posing as Mumbai Police officers, made him a victim of cyber fraud for 6 hours and demanded Rs 3.5 lakh to avoid arrest. This incident happened on Monday. This is the second case of digital arrest in Bhopal in the last four days. Earlier on Sunday, a Dubai businessman also faced a similar fraud.

How did the digital arrest happen?

Pramod Kumar lives in Gayatri Nagar in Bajaria area of ​​​​Bhopal, returned home from work on Tuesday. After this, he received a call at around 6:00 pm. The caller introduced himself as a Mumbai Police officer and said that his Aadhaar card is linked to several mobile numbers, out of which one number has made suspicious transactions in banks. Then after some time another call came, in which it was alleged that ransom has been demanded from Pramod's number.

Asked to send 3.5 lakhs immediately

The cyber fraudsters demanded cooperation from Pramod and asked him to send 3.5 lakh rupees immediately. Meanwhile, Pramod also switched off his wife's mobile number. Pramod's company used to have online meetings in the morning when he came and went, but that day when he did not attend the meeting, the employees reached his house to know about his condition, then this matter came to light and then the Crime Branch was informed. During this time Pramod Kumar remained in the captivity of cyber fraudsters for about 6 hours till 12:00 in the night. During this time Pramod remained in the captivity of cyber fraudsters for about 6 hours.