Gurugram, Feb. 27 -- Three suspects were arrested from Pune in Maharashtra for allegedly duping a retired senior official of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in Faridabad of Rs.2.13 crore after trapping him in a "digital arrest" fraud in January this year, police said on Thursday.

The accused were identified as Pankaj Suhas Kante of Panchsheel Nagar, Saurav Dev Kulle of Prakash Nagar in Ambarnath East, and Ajay Damodar Bhagat of Yavatmal, all in Maharashtra.

The three were arrested on Sunday and brought to Faridabad on transit remand on Wednesday. They were produced before a court, which sent Kulle and Bhagat to judicial custody, while Kante was remanded to five days of police custody for interrogation.

Police said 227 active ...