India, Oct. 6 -- A Santacruz senior citizen allegedly spent two days under "digital arrest" after fraudsters posing as telecom, police and CBI officials convinced him that he was linked to a Rs.6.68-crore money-laundering case and made him transfer Rs.33 lakh, police said. The West Region Cyber Police have arrested two men, Junaid Ansari and Imran Shaikh in connection with the incident.

The alleged fraud began on June 30, when the complainant received a call from a person claiming to be from the Department of Telecommunications. He was allegedly told that his Aadhaar card had been blocked and that he was involved in anti-national activities. The call was then transferred to someone posing as a Delhi Police official.

The caller, who iden...