India's Central Bureau of Investigation searched 89 locations across 20 states in three digital arrest fraud cases and arrested three people accused of moving the stolen money, the agency said.

The searches were conducted under Operation Chakra-VI, the agency's ongoing cybercrime enforcement programme. All three cases were transferred to the CBI from state police forces.

In a digital arrest, fraudsters posing as police officers, courts or central agencies contact a victim by phone or video call, allege involvement in a crime, and hold the person under sustained psychological coercion — often forbidding contact with family — while extracting transfers described as bail, verification depos...