2 min readMumbaiMar 31, 2026 01:56 PM IST A 73-year-old retired superintendent of the central excise department in Mumbai was cheated out of Rs 3.77 lakh after a cyber fraudster, posing as a Mahanagar Gas Limited official, made him install a malicious application on his smartphone, the police said. According to the police, the complainant...Read More

In Chikkamagaluru, a 71-year-old man lost ₹48.5 lakh in a ‘digital arrest’ scam. Fraudsters posing as CBI officers forced him to transfer money for fake verification. Cyber Crime Police have registered a case and launched an investigation. Amid a sharp rise in cyber crimes across Karnataka, a shocking case of ‘digital arrest’ fraud has been...Read More