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Elderly couple who were victims of digital arrest in Khandwa district, cheated 50 lakhs in 13 days
Samira Vishwas | August 21, 2025 9:24 PM CST

Khandva . The case of cheating an elderly couple for 13 days has been reported in the Pandhana police station area of ​​Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh (Madhya Pradesh) for 13 days. Within these 13 days, the thugs sent the elderly to the bank several times and broke their FD and got the money withdrawn. Not only this, he was also given bail by taking Rs 70 thousand online.

The case was revealed when the elderly woman went to her brother’s house on Janmashtami, about 18 days later. When the nephew told the whole incident, the family lodged a complaint about the case to the police including the cyber helpline. At the same time, since the incident, the elderly have been scared till now, which the SP along with the Khandwa police team seated and explained.

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Looted more than 50 lakh rupees in 13 days
According to Khandwa SP Manoj Kumar Rai, the victim couple has a utensil shop in Pandhana. They do not have children and both live alone at home. On July 18, someone threatened to call him from the Colomba police station in Mumbai and asked him to arrest anyone on telling anything.

After this, the game of cheating started. First, on July 21, 30 lakh rupees and then on 25 July, 19 lakh 50 thousand FDs were broken and got RTGS. After this, 50 thousand on July 27 and 20 thousand rupees on 31 July in the name of getting bail. Now the case is being investigated by a special team of police along with cyber cell.

Sended banks and broke up to FD
The victim couple said, the thugs became a police and made a video call from the Colaba police station in Mumbai on the phone on 18 July. The video call appeared in the entire police station and police uniform staff. He said that your number has transacted the money in a fake way. Also, this number has been used in kidnapping, fraud and murder of a person. Therefore, you have to cooperate in the investigation.

Now you have not to get out of the house, nor do you have to pick up the phone of anyone other than us. After this, the work of looting money started one by one. Cyber ​​thugs sent to the bank to break the FD from the elderly couple. At the same time, no one is suspicious in the bank, so he told us that if the bank manager asked, he has bought a property, for which payment is needed.


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