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Elderly man placed under 'digital arrest' for three days, loses Rs 21.5 lakh

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Jabalpur, Dec 6 (PTI) Cyber fraudsters posing as ATS officers extorted Rs 21.5 lakh from a 72-year-old retired government employee after placing him under "digital arrest" for three days, Jabalpur Police said on Saturday.The complainant, Avinash Chandra, from Napier town, received a phone call on December 1 from a man who introduced himself as an ATS officer from Pune. The caller claimed that Chandra's bank account and Aadhaar number had been us…
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NewsDrum broke the news in on Saturday, December 6, 2025.
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