An 81-year-old retired school principal, Nandini Chiplunkar, has been duped of Rs 1.02 crore through a digital arrest scam. The scam involved fraudsters claiming to be from Mumbai's Colaba Police and CBI, alleging that Chiplunkar was involved in financial dealings with Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways and money laundering, reported news agency ANI.

According to Additional DCP of Crime Branch, Rajesh Dandotiya, on April 27, Chiplunkar received a call stating that her SIM would be deactivated. The fraudsters claimed that there were 267 FIRs against her and kept her under digital arrest for two days. They convinced her to deposit Rs 1 crore in a fake account in exchange for closing the case, reported ANI.

While speaking to ANI on Monday, DCP Dandotiya said, "On April 27th, Nandini, who retired as principal of Central School, received a call saying that her SIM was going to get deactivated...they said there was legal action being taken against her and there are 267 FIRs against her...throughout the night she was kept on digital arrest..."