India, Aug. 27 -- LUCKNOW A 70-year-old retired merchant navy officer and his 100-year-old father fell victim to a digital arrest scam, losing a whopping Rs.1.29 crore to fraudsters posing as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials.

The incident unfolded in Lucknow's Sarojini Nagar, where Surya Pal Singh, a former merchant navy officer, lives with his centenarian father Hardev Singh. According to the FIR, the ordeal began on August 20 when the complainant's father Hardev Singh received a call from an unknown number wherein the caller introduced himself as Alok Singh from the 'CBI' and said that an arrest warrant had been issued against him for money laundering.

To make the claim appear legitimate, caller sent a picture of a "dig...