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Rising cases of digital arrests in Kerala point to the need for greater awareness
Police feel the gang may have duped over 1,000 people.
The fake officers told Maala Parvathi her Aadhaar details had been used to smuggle 200 grams of MDMA in a courier to Taiwan.
The accused allegedly took Rs 2 lakh from Shajahan and took him to Vietnam on a tourist visa, where he was handed over to a Chinese gang.
The victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, was cheated after being contacted by a person posing as an officer from the Mumbai Cyber Crime Police Station.
The post also said that complaints regarding cyber frauds should be immediately reported to the phone number 1930.
The fraudsters claimed his daughter and three of her friends were in CBI custody for a drug-related case.
The 28-year-old managed to escape from the clutches of a mafia during a raid.
The 67-year-old doctor made the payments between January 31 and August 23 this year.
According to the police, the accused promised the victim significant profits from share trading.