The Supreme Court today issued notices to all states and Union territories seeking details of first information reports (FIRs) registered by them in connection with digital arrest scams. Observing the rising digital arrest scams in the country, with people losing lakhs of rupees to fraudsters, the Supreme Court also contemplated handing over the investigation of all cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

 

 

The top court asked CBI to respond whether it has the resources to handle all cases across the country relating to such scams. The Court was hearing a suo motu case it had initiated on October 17 to address the growing menace of digital arrest scams across the country.