Retired MKCG doctor duped of ₹1 crore by fraudsters after 20 days of Digital Arrest

In a recent cyber fraud case, a retired doctor from MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur allegedly became the latest victim of an elaborate digital scam and lost around Rs 1 crore to fraudsters posing as a TRAI official and a Mumbai Cyber Crime Division officer. The retired doctor was kept under digital arrest for 20 days and was threatened with arrest.

The incident came to light after the Odisha Crime Branch Police arrested the fraudster and accordingly seized his mobile phone, three SIM cards, a Saudi Arabian SIM card, a passbook, a passport, an Aadhaar card, a PAN card, a debit card, and credit cards.