Fraudsters hold Kerala actor Mala Parvathy in ‘virtual’ arrest for an hour

Kochi: Actor Mala Parvathy on Monday claimed that fraudsters, pretending to be Mumbai police officers, held her in a virtual arrest for nearly an hour. They told her that a courier in her name was held back, but she managed to avoid the scam by acting quickly.Parvathy said the incident occurred when she was in Madurai for the shoot of a new movie. "I received a call around 10am. A man identified himself as Vikram Singh spoke to me and he said a courier was held back. They claimed that my Aadhaar card was misused to send an illegal package to Taiwan. When I asked him for more details, they asked for my address and bank account details. They said the package contained my passports, bank credit cards, a laptop, and 200 grams of MDMA. They also sent an ID card claiming they were from the Mumbai crime branch and held me on a live call," she said.Parvathy said it was a WhatsApp call and when she checked the ID card on Google, she realised that it was fake. Her manager also alerted her that it was a trap.Meanwhile, Parvathy is yet to lodge any complaint with the police regarding the incident.
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