Indian digital arrest cases are increasing at a seemingly exponential rate. The recent case of a Mumbai woman being kept under digital arrest for over a month and being defrauded of ₹3.8 crore has rattled the authorities, who are yet to put a stop to these attacks.
A digital arrest is a cyber fraud where a scammer threatens the victim by posing as a law enforcement agent or government official to intimidate and draw out money. In recent times, the cases of such offences have increased manifold, which is making the authorities raise eyebrows.
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The Indian public has lost ₹2,140 crore via digital arrests in the last 10 months, with the number of such digital arrest cases skyrocketing past 1 lakh. The alarming rise in the cases of digital arrests has turned into quite a hindrance between us and the dream of a truly digital India.
Recently, a case of an IIT student becoming a victim of such a scam came up, with a sum of about ₹7 lakh being taken from his account. This makes one wonder if anyone remains safe from such fraudulent activities.
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The authorities are trying their best to curb such activities, yet no breakthrough has been made in stopping the frequency of these scams. The Indian public, on the other hand, continues to grow skeptical of the online world amidst the looming threat.
