Retired banker, wife in 'digital arrest' for days, duped of Rs 1.7 crore in MeerutIn Meerut, retired government bank clerk Suraj Prakash and his wife fell victim to a cyber scam where criminals posed as CBI and RBI officials. They were tricked into transferring Rs 1.7 crore over five days after being falsely accused of money laundering using fake documents. The incident began on September 17 when Prakash received a call claiming his Aadhaar card was used for illegal transactions. Realizing the fraud on September 22, he contacted the police who have since registered an FIR and launched an investigation into the matter.