The Union government has swung into action to combat digital arrests, which has deprived citizens, mostly elderly and the vulnerable of thousands of crores of hard-earned money, by forming an inter-departmental committee (IDC) chaired by its Special Secretary (Internal Security) which has already held multiple meeting, of which the latest was attended by representatives of online platforms Google, WhatsApp, Telegram and Microsoft.
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The government has informed the Supreme Court, which is hearing the case on January 13, in a status report that inputs to combat digital arrest scams have been received from the Department of Telecom (DoT) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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The high-level inter-departmental committee (IDC) was formed on December 26, 2025, and has officials from multiple agencies to “comprehensively examine all facets of the issue of digital arrests”.
