Noida: Elderly lawyer put under 'digital arrest', duped of over Rs 3.29 crore

NOIDA: A 72-year-old lawyer in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar was duped of over Rs 3.29 crore after cyber thugs put her under “digital arrest” for several days, police said on Wednesday.

According to an official of the Cyber ​​Crime Police Station, Hemantika Vahi, in her complaint filed on Tuesday, alleged that on June 10, she received a phone call where the caller informed that that four bank accounts had been opened using her Aadhaar card and a case had been filed in this regard.

The caller told her that the money found in these accounts has been used for gambling, blackmailing, illegal purchase of weapons etc. and further gave her a phone number. When she contacted the number, she was told that she was involved in a serious crime, the lawyer alleged.