Mumbai Police Arrest Man in Digital Arrest Scam Targeting Senior Citizen | Mumbai News
Mumbai: A 28-year-old man was arrested by Dahisar Police in connection with a digital arrest scam where a senior citizen had been duped of Rs 4.5 lakh.The 71-year-old complainant lives in Dahisar East. Between July 2 and July 3, a caller contacted the complainant, claiming to be senior police inspector Rajesh Mishra. He scared the complainant that a money laundering case had been registered against him and he would face arrest. The complainant was then told that he was being put under digital detention and would be watched online all the time. The scammer asked for the complainant’s bank details and balances, and defrauded him into transferring Rs 4.5 lakh.After a case was registered by the Dahisar police, a team led by DCP Gajanan Rajmane started investigating. Police found that the scammed money had been transferred into the current account of a business enterprise called Mahakal. The email address linked to the bank account was being operated by the accused, Dheeraj Kumar Prajapati. The accused is a resident of Kamathipura. Police made the arrest after verifying that he had withdrawn the money.

