The accused obtained details of the victim's Aadhaar card and allegedly claimed that she was found involved in money laundering (Representative image)A doctor in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar was allegedly placed under 103 days of “digital arrest” and forced to sell her properties, take loan against gold to pay the accused over Rs 19.24 crore. The cyber criminals had placed her under alleged ‘digital arrest’ between March and June this year.While one of the accused allegedly identified herself as Jyoti Vishwanath from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), another identified himself as Police Sub-Inspector Mohan Singh, a third identified himself as Public Prosecutor Deepak Saini, a fourth as Public Prosecutor Venkateswara, and the fifth as as Notary Officer Pawan Kumar. The victim was called from different numbers.“The accused made phone calls, WhatsApp video calls, and sent messages on the victim’s WhatsApp. They allegedly told the victim that they would block her mobile numbers as ‘offensive’ messages were being sent to people from her numbers. They also allegedly threatened the doctor, who is the complainant in the case, saying that a case would be filed against her,” said a statement from SP Dharmendra Sharma.The accused obtained details of the victim’s Aadhaar card and allegedly claimed that she was found involved in money laundering. Later, they even told her that a case of money laundering had been registered against her.The accused also sent a fake letter in which the complainant had been named as an accused in a case for alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) as well as the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).They also warned the victim against talking to anyone about this matter.A case was registered in the matter in July. A statement from the State Cybercrime Cell of the CID on Monday said that an investigation has been launched.Story continues below this adAs per the State Cyber Crime Cell statement, the accused persons kept the victim under “digital arrest” for 103 days, from March 15 to June 26 and she was told that a man in plain clothes was keeping an eye on her and if she wanted to get a relief, she would have to provide information about all her properties.“After the complainant provided the information about the properties, the accused persons made her withdraw her Fixed Deposit (FD), sell the gold in her house and further made her take a loan on the gold in her bank locker. They made her sell her house and shares in her stock market portfolio as well, and made her transfer a total amount of Rs 19,24,41,541 to different bank accounts on a fake receipt of ‘Financial Supervisionary Freezing Certificate’ for the same, and falsely promised that the money would be returned to her after investigation.”Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:cyber crime