Overview
- On February 3, the force shared an Instagram advisory styled like Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers and signed off as Mumbai Police.
- The message urged caution with strangers online, warning that alluring profiles can deceive and that not every “masked guest” deserves a dance.
- The campaign drew quick engagement, with reports noting roughly 19.6k likes and 264 comments shortly after posting.
- Coverage links the outreach to a rise in so-called digital arrest scams in Mumbai, where callers impersonate officials on video and pressure victims to pay.
- Reporting says the cybercrime cell has intensified interstate actions to disrupt these networks and recover lost funds.