India, March 2 -- Pune city police's cyber cell arrested two persons on for allegedly duping a senior citizen of Rs.10.74 crore by placing him under 'digital arrest' and threatening legal action, officials said on Saturday.

The accused have been identified as Harshad Subhash Dhantole and Samarth Suresh Deshmukh, both from Karvenagar. Police arrested the duo after laying a trap and seized Rs.4.78 lakh from them.

The investigation revealed that the 82-year-old retiree was scammed between January 23 and January 31. He received calls from a person identifying himself as an employee of the "Telecom Regulatory Authority of India". The caller claimed that a fake bank account had been opened in the victim's name using his Aadhaar details and th...