A screengrab from the video shared by Thrissur Police
Credit: Insta/thrissurcitypolice
A man posing as a police officer tried to extort money from the victim, later realising that the person on the other end happened to be a real police officer.
The incident of 'digital arrest' took place in Kerala, where the Thrissur City Police caught the man who claimed to be from Mumbai Police team.
The scammer called the victim, unaware of his identity, he started using his tactics and asked for money.
The officer who soon realised that it was a scam call and got alert and engaged the scammer on the call and later revealed his identity.
The Thrissur City Police posted a clip of the incident on their official Instagram account where the scammer via video call can be seen dressed as an officer with setting looking like a police station.
The call was directly connected to the Thrissur Cyber Cell where the police officer kept his camera turned off.
"My camera isn't working properly sir," the officer told the scammer.
Soon after, the police officer turned on his camera and told the scammer to leave what he is doing and that his location has been traced by them.
"Yeh chod do bhai, we have traced your location," the officer said as the scammer got caught.