Kolkata: A 72-year-old former senior CISF official residing at VIP Nagar near Anandapur alleged that he lost Rs 16 lakh in a digital arrest fraud between Jan 23 and Feb 1.
He was allegedly threatened with arrest in the Naresh Goyal scam case—linked to black money conversion—by fraudsters, posing as CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials from Mumbai. The victim also shared with cops details of fake "Supreme Court and MHA orders" that he received online, which ordered him to pay immediately. When the fraud took place, he and his wife were allegedly bedridden. He claimed to have received calls from two numbers. The callers sent him a message on WhatsApp, including a purported FIR and details of an ATM card, allegedly registered under his name, that the fraudsters—posing as ED officials—claimed to have recovered from Goyal's residence. The frauds apparently sent him a ‘police clearance certificate' on Feb 1 after he transferred the money from his pension account in a public bank's Picnic Garden branch to accounts in south India.
Police said the case was recorded at Anandapur PS on Thursday. Kolkata Police issued fresh advisory for senior citizens.