The North Cyber Police in Mumbai have registered a case where a Kandivali-based senior citizen was allegedly cheated of Rs 26.20 lakh after cyber fraudsters threatened him with ‘digital arrest’, claiming that 187 SIM cards registered in his name were being used for human trafficking and abusing women.

Posing as officials from the Supreme Court, Telangana Police, and Bengaluru Cyber Coordination Unit, they allegedly told the complainant that a case had been filed against him under the Official Secrets Act, which could result in a 10-year imprisonment and put him under ‘digital arrest’.