Dehradun, July 13 -- Special Task Force (STF) of Uttarakhand police on Sunday evening arrested a 41-year-old man for digitally arresting a retired vice-chancellor of a university in Nainital and duping her of Rs.1.47 crore in August last year.

The accused, identified as Bhupinder Singh, is a resident of Ambala in Haryana. The victim, Dr Beena Shah, 72, former vice-chancellor of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, resides in Mallital, Nainital.

"The accused had kept the victim under digital arrest through WhatsApp calls for 12 days and induced her to transfer a total of Rs.1.47 crore to multiple bank accounts," senior superintendent of police (STF) Ajai Singh said.

A first information report (FIR) was registered at the cyber po...