Overview
- An e-FIR has been registered and the Special Cell’s IFSO unit is handling the probe.
- Police say suspects have not yet been identified as teams work to track the recipient bank accounts.
- The fraud began on December 24 with a call impersonating TRAI, then escalated to video calls from a man in a Mumbai police uniform.
- Kept under continuous calls, the couple were coached to make eight RTGS transfers and to prematurely redeem mutual funds, together totaling about ₹14.85 crore.
- The victims have contacted the 1930 cybercrime helpline, and police have cautioned that no government agency conducts any so-called digital arrest.