India, April 25 -- An octogenarian couple and their 47-year-old daughter have been duped of Rs.1.10 crore by cyber frauds who placed them under 'digital arrest', claiming that terrorists arrested in Tamil Nadu had been found carrying SIM cards issued in their names and they had laundered Rs.80 lakh using the family's bank accounts.

The alleged fraud occurred between April 5 and April 22, and the Ghatkopar-based family was forced to liquidate all its assets and transfer money to the frauds via multiple transactions, police officers aware of the matter told HT. The unidentified frauds have been booked based on a complaint from the elderly couple's daughter who works with a private firm, the officers noted.

According to the police, the com...