Digital arrest scams target accountant, government employee, and businessman across separate cases

According to media reports from various news outlets compiling separate incidents, victims are being targeted in 'digital arrest' scams.

An accountant in Vadaj, Ahmedabad, lost Rs 50 lakh after being coerced into transferring funds during a video call interrogation, according to media reports.

A government employee lost Rs 1.70 lakh in another digital arrest scam.

Police lodged an FIR in the government employee case.

A businessman lost Rs 30 lakh in a digital arrest scam, according to media reports.

For families monitoring elderly relatives and accounts in India, multiple digital arrest scams involving coerced video calls have resulted in major financial losses.