Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: While digital arrest has been the newest tool for the cyber fraudsters to dupe of sizeable sums from denizens, such a case has been reported from Odisha’s Bhubaneswar on Friday.

This time in a bizarre, a veteran financial advisor has been a soft target for the cyber fraudsters.

He was duped of at least Rs 1.5 crore in the pretext of digital arrest at his residence in Bhubaneswar, in two different transactions.

According to reports, the victim, a retired Charted Accountant living in the Sahid Nagar area of the city was kept in digital arrest for at least 10 days over money laundering allegation raised against him. During the time, the fraudsters duped huge catch of sum amounting to Rs 1.5 crore from the CA’s savings account.

Later, on being aware of the fact the senior citizen moved police and lodged a complaint with the Cyber Police Station in this connection.

Acting on it, the cyber police initiated a prompt investigation into the matter and foiled an illegal transaction, attempted by the fraudsters.  As a result, a sum of Rs 12 lakh was bounced back to the victim’s account and further transactions were tactfully aborted.

Further investigation is underway. Efforts are on to reach at the cyber frauds on the basis of the technical evidence, said the Investigation Officer, probing the case.