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Mumbai: Matunga senior citizen duped of Rs 4.82 cr in fake online court scam

In a cybercrime case straight out of a Bollywood thriller, fraudsters “digitally arrested” a 71-year-old woman from Matunga, staged a fake online court trial, and extorted Rs 4.82 crore from her after falsely declaring her guilty in a fabricated case. According to police sources, the Central Cyber Police arrested two men in connection with the case—Bapi Das, 53, and Saurish Nag, 41—both residents of Kolkata. Read more.