Jaipur: City police arrested a 26-year-old man in Assam Sunday in connection with a ‘digital arrest’ scam in which a 90-year-old Jaipur man was duped of Rs 2.15 crore.Police traced Rahul Hussain to Mankachar after finding that his bank account had received transactions worth around Rs 28 lakh linked to the fraud.DCP (South) Rajarshi Raj Varma said the case was registered on Aug 12 after a man reported that his maternal uncle had been targeted by fraudsters posing as officials. On July 28, a caller claiming to be a CBI officer in Mumbai told the victim that a Rs 50-crore hawala transaction had been detected and part of the money had entered his bank account. The caller threatened to arrest him and warned him not to tell his family.A second caller, posing as an RBI manager, sought details of the victim’s mutual fund investments. The fraudsters then pressured him into transferring more than Rs 2 crore to bank accounts they supplied. The total loss was Rs 2.15 crore.Investigators traced the transfers through several layers of bank accounts and froze accounts suspected of being linked to the fraud. Police said around Rs 42 lakh was being processed for a refund after being put on hold. The source does not clarify who initiated the refund or whether the money has been recovered.Police arrested Hussain in Mankachar on Oct 7 and brought him to Rajasthan on transit remand. He is due to be produced before a court on Monday, when police will seek his custody.
