Retired income tax officer ‘digitally arrested’ by fake cops, loses Rs 51 lakh in Mumbai

A retired income tax officer lost Rs 51 lakh to fraudsters posing as police. These criminals digitally arrested the officer in a fabricated money laundering case. The investigation led to the arrest of a mule account operator named Mohammed Safwan Abdul Hameed. Hameed allegedly provided bank accounts to cyber fraudsters for facilitating transactions. Police teams are now searching for several other suspects identified during his interrogation.