TW: Mention of suicide
Kumara K, a 48-year-old BESCOM (Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company) employee, died by suicide on Tuesday after reportedly losing Rs 11 lakh to a digital arrest scam.
A native of Kelagere village of Ramanagara district, the man was a resident of HSR layout. He was married with an eight-year-old son. The cyber fraud victim was found dead in his native village. A suicide note was recovered from the pocket of the deceased.
Probe revealed that two weeks back, Kumara received a call from a person posing as Vikram Goswami, a CBI official. The scammer threatened the BESCOM employee with the usual tactics of getting charged and arrested on fraud charges of money laundering, smuggling contraband, and such.
The man initially wired Rs 1.95 lakh and subsequently transferred nearly Rs 11 lakh to various accounts of the cyber crook. The fake CBI official threatened Kumara with house arrest and continued surveillance. The digital arrest scamster asked for an additional Rs 2.75 lakh.
Kumara’s wife stated that her husband had been speaking with someone in Hindi for 15 days and on July 14 he left home for his hometown.
The #Ramanagara #Police have filed an FIR against Vikram (unknown) after an KEB Employee Kumar,allegedly died by suicide following threats & extortion.Posing as CBI officer,He coerced Kumar into transferring ₹11 lakh over 2 weeks.Kumar’s suicide note cited harassment as reason. pic.twitter.com/P6acy4NrRi
— Yasir Mushtaq (@path2shah) July 15, 2025
#Karnataka#Bengaluru#digitalarrestscam#cybercrime@NammaBESCOM employee ends life after losing Rs 11 lakh to digital arresthttps://t.co/kVTLvZFIsO
— Express Bengaluru (@IEBengaluru) July 16, 2025
A Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) employee ended his life over a suspected case of digital arrest and extortion, in his native Kelagere village, in Channapatna taluk of Ramanagara district in Karnataka, at night on July 14. The death came to light on July 15… pic.twitter.com/EELKhCiQWK
— The Hindu (@the_hindu) July 16, 2025
Rs 11 Lakh Fraud And Harassment: Man Dies By Suicide Fearing Digital Arresthttps://t.co/kvpYp7XHVN pic.twitter.com/G8LBF9w72r
— NDTV (@ndtv) July 16, 2025
Bengaluru man loses ₹11 lakh to digital arrest scam, ends lifehttps://t.co/eqzAAizEvb
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) July 16, 2025
If you are feeling suicidal, please call AASRA at +91 9820466726 or head over to http://www.aasra.info/helpline.html to find your nearest helpline.
Dial 1930 National Helpline for Digital Arrest Scams.
Act Now:
Helpline number 1930
Website https://t.co/Zugp0z80MqSuspected Fraud & Unsolicited Communication https://t.co/6oGJ6NSQal pic.twitter.com/xd0etMPOPy
— DoT India (@DoT_India) October 29, 2024
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