Incidents of cyber fraud are increasing in various areas of the country. Meanwhile, information about a cyber fraud has come to light from Karnataka's capital Bengaluru. Here, an engineer has become a victim of digital arrest by the fraudsters. The fraudsters have duped the engineer of Rs 11 crore.

The police have arrested three accused in this case so far. The matter is being investigated. The fraudsters first called the engineer and introduced themselves as Customs and ED officers, after which they defrauded him of about Rs 11 crore. The matter is being investigated.

What did the police say?

The police investigating the case said that the accused somehow came to know that the man's name was Vijay Kumar and he was an engineer in a tech company and he had invested about Rs 50 lakh in the stock market and it had increased to Rs 11 crore.

After this, the accused threatened to arrest Vijay Kumar on charges of money laundering by claiming to be officers of the police, customs officers and the Enforcement Directorate. To save him from this, the accused duped Vijay Kumar of Rs 11 crore. However, after this the victim lodged a complaint with the police, after which the police started the investigation. Initial investigation has revealed some bank accounts in which this amount has been transferred.