Mohali/Panchkula, Nov. 3 -- Three tricity residents were allegedly duped of a total of over Rs.1 crore in separate digital arrest cases, prompting police to register complaints.

Two Kharar residents were allegedly duped of a combined Rs.75 lakh by fraudsters who posed as police and National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials and threatened to arrest them in separate digital arrest cases. Police have registered two separate cases.

In the first case, a 78-year-old retiree from the Punjab civil secretariat and a resident of Sunny Enclave, Sector 125, allegedly transferred Rs.30.5 lakh to bank accounts specified by callers who claimed he was implicated in money laundering cases.

According to the FIR, the fraud began on September 16, when...