India, March 19 -- Amid rising cases of "digital arrest" scams targeting senior citizens, the North Region Cyber Police have arrested a 25-year-old man from Gujarat for allegedly supplying mule bank accounts to a cyber fraud racket that duped a 74-year-old Dahisar resident of Rs.76 lakh.

The accused, identified as Jugal Kashyapbhai Manek, a resident of Ahmedabad, was arrested recently after investigators found that a portion of the defrauded money had been routed through his bank account. Following his arrest, a Borivali magistrate court remanded him in police custody.

According to the police, the complainant, Yogesh Bhoja Shriyan, received a phone call on January 27 from a man who introduced himself as Ajay Patil from the Rajendranagar...