India, Oct. 16 -- A couple at Shalimar Garden in Sahibabad was allegedly held under digital arrest by suspects, posing as police and court officials, for nine days and forced to transfer Rs.14.76 lakh, police said Thursday.

In the police complaint, a 57-year-old woman said that unidentified suspects posing as police officers called her husband's mobile on October 1, claiming their documents had been misused for money laundering.

"I also received a video call in which two persons said they were calling from a court. They said they knew where we lived, and we were trapped in a case. They put us under digital arrest for about nine days, took daily updates of our activities. they also threatened that my daughter could get kidnapped from her...