A 60-year-old businessman from south Mumbai spent an entire night under what police described as a ‘digital arrest’, after cyber fraudsters posing as senior law enforcement officials allegedly extorted Rs 53 lakh from him, police said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

According to investigators, the fraudsters accused the victim, a resident of Agripada, of involvement in a money laundering case, forcing him to remain on a video call overnight under the pretext of an impending “online bail hearing”.