One person was arrested on charges of duping a doctor and forcing her to transfer Rs 19 crore over three months.

According to a report with India Today, the doctor, based in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, first received a call on March 15, when the caller told her that she had objectionable content on her phone and that her connection would be snapped.

Fearing a money laundering case against her, the doctor gradually became a victim of ‘digital arrest’ by the callers, who identified themselves as authorities, including a sub-inspector, a public prosecutor, and others.

As the caller continued to blackmail her and instil fear in her of an action, she ended up transferring Rs 19 crore of her lifetime savings and assets in three months to 35 different bank accounts, the report claimed.

The fraudsters further exploited the situation by securing a loan against the doctor’s gold jewellery and transferring those funds as well, according to the report.

In due course of time, the doctor even started informing the callers of her whereabouts.

As the calls stopped gradually, the woman informed her relatives and subsequently, a complaint was submitted to the cyber cell of CID Crime in Gujarat on July 16.

One person from the gang was arrested in Surat as the police swung into action. The report claimed the police found Rs 1 crore of the duped funds in the bank account of the arrested person.

More persons from the gang were yet to be arrested.