YouTuber Ankush Bahuguna's scary 40-hour-long digital arrest: ‘Lost money, mental health’
Hindustan TimesPopular YouTuber Ankush Bahuguna on Sunday said in a post on Instagram that he recently became prey of a digital arrest scam in which he was held hostage for almost 40 hours. “I have been missing from social media and everywhere for the last three days, I was held hostage by some scammers for 40 hours… I have lost money, I have lost my mental health to this, I can't believe this has happened to me,” Ankush Bahuguna said. “I got scared, I said I hadn't sent anything,” Ankush said in the video, adding that he was then told that his name, Aadhar number and other personal details were mentioned in the package. "I don't know how the call then gets transferred to a WhatsApp call, which is a video call with a police officer… he is in police ki wardi," Ankush Bahuguna said in the video, adding that he panicked further after he was told he is involved in money laundering, drug trafficking and a lot of “very very serious crimes”.
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