A government employee in Karnataka was digitally arrested and robbed of Rs. 19 lakh.

In Karnataka, Tumakuru:
In Karnataka's Tumakuru district, a state government official was digitally arrested for six hours before being stolen of Rs 19 lakh by cybercriminals, according to authorities on Tuesday.

The government worker who lived in Upparahalli in Tumakuru, B.S. Nagabhushan, filed a complaint with the Cyber Police wing.

Police claim that the perpetrator identified himself as a Mumbai Crime Branch employee when he called the victim officer on the phone. The defendant further claimed that the funds had been unlawfully taken out of his account.

According to the fraudster, the victim had another SIM card in their name, and they were harassing others using that SIM card. In relation to both situations, the different gang members that spoke with him threatened to seize his possessions. Additionally, they warned him that he would also be taken into custody.

The accused boxed him in, then appeared in a police outfit and made a video call to Nagabhushan. The accused asked him not to tell anyone about the situation and continued to threaten him.

The accused had made a call at 8.30 a.m. and kept him engaged for six hours in the video conference call. In the pretext of investigation, they enquired about his bank accounts and deposits. The victim had given details about the fixed deposits in the name of his wife.

The fraudsters then forced him him to transfer the amount to other bank accounts which they gave him and maintained that the whole amount would be returned to him once the investigation was complete.

Via RTGS, the victim sent Rs 19 lakh to the scammers' account. The accused never called him back once the money transfer was completed, despite their assurances that they would check the accounts and get back to him in 30 minutes.

After that, the victim complained about this to the police.

According to the police, a software professional in Bengaluru lost Rs 11 crore in another incidence on Monday after becoming a victim of digital arrest.

According to the authorities, the cybercriminals perpetrated the crime by posing as Mumbai Crime Branch police officers. Vijaykumar, a 39-year-old employee of a reputable Bengaluru IT company, was identified as the victim.

The North East Cybercrime, Economic Offenses, Narcotics (CEN) police station in Bengaluru has received the case in this respect.

The victim was informed that a financial transfer had been made using his Aadhaar number and that a case had been filed at Mumbai's Colaba police station under his name.

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