India, Jan. 11 -- An elderly couple in Greater Kailashhas been duped of Rs.14.85 crore within around 15 days in a "digital arrest" fraud, police said on Saturday.

According to police, the victims were in the United States for 48 years and worked with the United Nations until retiring and returning to India in 2015.

The couple told police that on December 24, they received a call and the caller posed as a law enforcement official. "The caller threatened them with arrest warrants and criminal cases, invoking stringent laws such as the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and even citing 'national security' to instil fear," an investigator of the case said.

The caller got the couple on a video call after threatening them with police ...