India, July 29 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that digital arrest frauds require to be defined as a standalone offence with harsh punishment and a provision to attach assets of accused after the Centre said that work is underway to come out with a draft bill covering digital arrest cases preferably to be presented in the present session of Parliament. The suggestion by the court came in a suo motu petition on the victims of digital arrest fraud where it is examining steps being taken by an inter-departmental committee (IDC) of the Centre supervising action against such cyber frauds on multiple fronts. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, "Do we need to formally define digital arrest? Though it is a clear case of extortion and involves robbery and some element of dacoity as well, we need to define it as a standalone offence with severe penal consequences." htc...