A 90-year-old man in Gujarat becomes the target of digital arrest scammers who defraud him of Rs 1 crore.

A 90-year-old man in Surat, Gujarat, lost all of his life savings, totalling more than Rs 1 crore, to scammers who pretended to be CBI investigators and put him under "digital arrest" for 15 days on the grounds that drugs were discovered in a package sent from Mumbai to China under his name.
Five people have been taken into custody for the scam, which was operated in cooperation with a Chinese gang, but the mastermind has not yet been found, according to the Surat Crime Branch. Parth Gopani, the principal defendant, is thought to be in Cambodia.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Bhavesh Rozia, one of the con artists, posing as a CBI inspector, had called the elderly stock market trader via WhatsApp. According to th

e scammers, a package purportedly couriered from Mumbai to China in the senior citizen's name included 400 grammes of MD medicines.

The accused also threatened to file a complaint and detain the guy and his family, claiming that the man's bank account information showed that he was engaging in money laundering.

According to the DCP, the elderly man was put under "digital arrest" for 15 days under the guise of questioning and questioned over transactions made using his bank account. The accused then took Rs 1,15,00,000 out of the man's account.

The victim's relatives filed a report with the Surat Cyber Cell on October 29 after learning about the event. Five persons have been taken into custody, according to the police, while Gopani, the mastermind, is still being sought.

A sketch of Gopani, who is thought to be in Cambodia, has also been made public by the police.

According to the police, the guys who were arrested had 46 debit cards from different banks, 23 bank check books, one vehicles, four separate companies' rubber stamps, nine cell phones, and 28 SIM cards.

Those arrested are Ramesh Surana, Umesh Jinjala, Naresh Surana, Rajesh Deora and Gaurang Rakholiya.