Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Police on Saturday arrested Debabrata Ghosh, a forex trader from Kazipara in Barasat, for duping an 86-year-old Salt Lake resident of Rs 1.1 crore between Aug 14 and Aug 29 last year with ‘digital arrest’ threats. Ghosh, a resident of DL Block in Salt Lake, is the second to be arrested in the case. Earlier, Nirmal Vijay from Nagerbazar was arrested. They have been booked under BNS sections for digital fraud and impersonation.The victim, Shambhu Nath Choudhury, a resident of Sector II, Salt Lake, was targeted by the scamsters, who posed as officers from “Ambani Police Station”. The fraudsters claimed his Aadhaar card was linked to a money laundering case and threatened him with arrest.During the raid on Friday, police seized various documents and articles from Ghosh’s possession that were linked to the forex trading aspect of the scam. The total amount siphoned from the victim reached Rs 1,10,93,000, transferred from his accounts in three banks. The Bidhannagar Cyber Crime PS is continuing its investigation to identify and apprehend other members of the fraud ring.
