Bengaluru Woman Loses Rs 2 Crore in 'Digital Arrest' Scam

A‘digital arrest’ victimin Bengaluru allegedly sold two plots and an apartment, and even took a bank loan to pay over Rs 2 crore to cybercriminals over several months, the police said Tuesday. The police said the victim is a resident of New Thippasandra inBengaluru, where she stayed with her 10-year-old son. On November 27, an FIR was filed at the Whitefield CEN police station. The woman’s complaint says that on June 19, she received a call from someone claiming to represent Blue Dart courier. The caller allegedly said that drugs and baggage linked to her Aadhaar number had been found, and that theMumbaipolice would be coming to arrest her.