Nagpur: Cyber fraudsters posing as CBI officers duped a 75-year-old man of Rs8 lakh through a digital arrest scam by threatening him with arrest in a fake sex racket case. Beltarodi police have registered a case against unidentified accused.According to the police, the complainant, a resident of New Manish Nagar, received a call from an unidentified person who claimed to be a CBI officer. The caller allegedly accused him of being involved in a sex racket and threatened that he would be arrested.The fraudsters used intimidation to keep the senior citizen under digital surveillance, making him believe that he was under house arrest. Later, other fraudsters joined the call and threatened him with legal action.The accused allegedly forced the victim to transfer Rs8 lakh from his account. The transactions were carried out online. Realising that he had been cheated, the victim approached Beltarodi police and lodged a complaint on Oct 15.Police registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita dealing with cheating and fraud, along with provisions of the Information Technology Act.
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