Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): Cybercriminals in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur allegedly posed as Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials and extorted a 70-year-old retired MP Electricity Board officer of ₹30 lakh.
According to information, the fraudsters kept the victim into a ‘digital arrest’ for 3 days. The incident began on December 1, when Avinash Chandra Diwan, a resident of Shastri Bridge area under Madan Mahal police station, received a WhatsApp call from an unknown number.
First, a woman spoke to him, and then another man introduced himself as an officer of the Anti-Terrorist Squad.
He told Diwan that his bank accounts were being used for terror funding, involving crores of rupees. They added that all his property would be seized. He also claimed that Diwan and his family could be arrested.
Accused sent fake notices
To scare him further, the fraudsters sent fake notices on WhatsApp in the name of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other departments.
They also sent a fake digital arrest warrant and even showed a fake control room through video call to make the setup look real.
