The central cyber cell of the Mumbai Police recently arrested a 21-year-old resident of Cheeta Camp, Trombay, for cheating people across the country with the help of her cousin who was operating from Dubai. The accused, Nadiya Shaikh, was allegedly part of an international online fraud network.

This newspaper has often shed light on how online fraudsters have been operating call centres from Dubai to cheat Indians after luring them with huge share market profits and even extort money from them by placing them under “digital arrest”.