Hyderabad: Woman realtor nabbed in connection with digital arrest case

The fraud came to light after recently a victim from Hyderabad who was duped to the tune of Rs 3.5 lakh approached the police.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cybercrime police nabbed a woman in connection with a digital arrest fraud case, police said here on Monday.

The arrested person is K. Rithika (46), a realtor from Kompally and allegedly was earlier involved in 32 cases across India, including three from Telangana.

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According to the police, the suspect along with her associates contacts their targets through social media platforms posing as officials from the CBI, CID, Cybercrime Department. They only make internet calls to the victims, to avoid being tracked by the police.

“They threaten the victims saying they were involved in serious offences including money laundering, human trafficking and terror activities and they are digitally arrested,” said a police official.

They extort money from the victims on various pretexts and go absconding.

The fraud came to light after recently a victim from Hyderabad who was duped to the tune of Rs 3.5 lakh approached the police.

While other suspects were arrested earlier, Rithika got arrested now.