Fraudsters posing as CBI rob ex-scientist of 1.29 crores, arrested by UP police

The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police have busted a digital fraud racket and arrested four people from Lucknow for cheating and scamming people under the purview of digital arrest.

According to police, the four men, Shayam, Sudhir, Rajnish and Mahendra used to pose as CBI officials and threaten people with digital arrest and cheat them of their money.

The accused defrauded Rs 1.29 crores from a retired scientist of the Veterinary Research Institute named Shukdev Nandi by digitally arresting him. The fraudsters allegedly kept him under digital arrest for three days.

On realizing the fraud, the retired scientist filed a complaint with Bareilly's cyber police station and an investigation was launched into the incident.

During the investigation, police tracked down the four accused and finally arrested them on Saturday.

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