Mysore/Mysuru: Online fraudsters posing as Police officials have cheated a retired official to the tune of Rs. 45.98 lakh after threatening him with ‘digital arrest.’

The retired officials, a resident of Vijayanagar in city, received a call and the caller, who identified himself as an official from Mumbai Aadhaar Office, told him that his Aadhaar card number has been misused, thus creating fear to the retired official.

Later, the retired officials got a video call on his WhatsApp number and the person, posing as a Police official, told the retired official that there was a bank account in his name with Rs. 3 crore illegal money in the account and hence he was being placed under ‘digital arrest.’

The fraudster then told the retired official that he needed to examine his bank account to help save him and got Rs. 45.98 lakh transferred to various bank accounts. As the retired official did not receive any call nor got back his money, he realised that he has been cheated and lodged a complaint at city’s    CEN Crime Police Station.