India, March 25 -- Frauds impersonating officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Mumbai police and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) have duped a retired professor of St Xavier's College, Ahmedabad and her husband of assets worth Rs.11.42 crore.

The frauds claimed the Supreme Court had directed a multi-agency probe against her for money-laundering, terrorist activities, and foreign exchange violations, and placed her and her husband under 'digital arrest' for nearly three months. They stayed in touch via WhatsApp calls, obtained details about the couple's savings and assets and coerced them to transfer the same under various threats, according to the case registered by the CBI on March 11 against unidentified ...