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SC flags digital arrests, says assault on rule of law

The New Indian Express Kottayam

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October 18, 2025

VOICING serious concern over digital arrests, the Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of such incidents in which fraudsters allegedly impersonate law enforcement agencies and fabricate judicial orders to extort money from people, particularly senior citizens, and sought responses from Centre and the CBI.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi

SC flags digital arrests, says assault on rule of law

The top court took cognisance of a glaring case of digital arrest of a senior citizen couple in Haryana's Ambala on the basis of forged orders of the court and probe agencies by fraudsters to extort over ₹1 crore.

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