2 held for role in 11cr ‘digi arrest’ con on elderly man

Pune: The Pune cyber police have arrested a BTech student and an unemployed graduate for allegedly playing a key role in a digital fraud case in which scammers cheated an 82-year-old man from Bhandarkar Road, Deccan, of Rs 10.75 crore between Jan 23 and 31. After tracing the money and arresting the duo, police said some of the suspects were in contact with handlers based in China and Hong Kong and a portion of the funds had been converted into cryptocurrencies and transferred overseas. A team led by additional commissioner of police (crime) Pankaj Deshmukh, senior inspector Swapnali Shinde, inspector…