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Rs 19 crore lost over 90 days: Gujarat doctor breaks FDs, sells house in Digital Arrest Scam

By - Yakshi Chugh
Published On 2025-07-30 12:15 GMT   |   Update On 2025-07-30 12:16 GMT
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From FDs to House Sale: How a Gujarat doctor lost Rs 19 crore in Digital Arrest Scam

On a quiet Sunday in mid‑March, a renowned woman doctor from Gandhinagar received a call she believed was from a government official. But it turned out to be the start of a three-month-long fraud from March to June, where she was trapped in a 'digital arrest' by a cyber gang operating from Cambodia and India. During this time, the fraudsters managed to siphon off over Rs 19 crore from her, making it India’s longest‑running "digital arrest" cyber
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scam.

The extent of the manipulation was so extreme that the doctor was forced to break her Fixed Deposits (FDs), sell the gold she had at home, take loans against the gold kept in her bank locker, sell her house, and even dispose of the shares in her stock market portfolio to pay the accused over Rs 19 crore.

What happened?

On March 15, 2025, the doctor received a call from someone identifying herself as Jyoti Vishwanath of the Department of Telecommunications. Within hours, other callers posing as Police Sub-Inspector Mohan Singh, Public Prosecutor Deepak Saini, Public Prosecutor Venkateswara, and Notary Officer Pawan Kumar began calling her. The victim was called from different numbers.

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From FDs to House Sale: How a Gujarat doctor lost Rs 19 crore in Digital Arrest Scam

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Yakshi Chugh

With a graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication from Amity University, Yakshi Chugh embarked on a journey to explore the dynamic intersection of media and healthcare. In 2024, she joined Medical Dialogues, driven by a passion to enhance healthcare journalism and deliver insightful, impactful content to readers.

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