Archive · 13 Sep 2025
Cyber Fraud: Retired BHEL Official Duped of Rs 68.3 Lakh
Imagine someone pretended to be from the government and scared an old man into giving them money.
They told him he was in trouble and made him believe he couldn't talk to his family or leave the city.
They said his bank account had illegal money.
The criminals took almost 70 lakh rupees from him, using different bank accounts and phone numbers.
The police are now trying to find the criminals and asking people to be careful of such fake calls.
A retired BHEL supervisor was defrauded in a digital arrest scam.
Rs 68.3 lakh was stolen from the victim.
The victim was kept under "digital arrest" for about three months.
Funds were transferred to 10 bank accounts.
The cybercriminals used five SIM cards, including virtual numbers.
- Who
- Vinod Kumar Gupta and cybercriminals impersonating officials.
- What
- A cyber fraud where a retired BHEL supervisor was duped of Rs 68.3 lakh.
- When
- Over a period of nearly 3 months.
- Where
- Bhopal, across multiple bank accounts in India.
- Why
- Cybercriminals used the "digital arrest" scam to extract money from the victim.
- Victim
- Vinod Kumar Gupta, retired BHEL supervisor
- Amount Stolen
- Rs 68.3 lakh
- Nature of Fraud
- Digital Arrest Scam
- Number of Bank Accounts
- 10
- SIM Cards Used
- 5
- Duration of Digital Arrest
- Nearly 3 months
