A doctor from Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra was defrauded of Rs 26.52 lakh by a cyber fraudsters gang that threatened to implicate him in a fictitious crime involving money laundering and terrorism, the police said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.

According to the police, on August 26, the doctor, a resident of Ghansoli, received a call from individuals posing as customs officers. They told him he had sent a parcel to Dubai which contained objectionable goods, including police uniforms and drugs, said senior inspector Gajanan Kadam of Navi Mumbai's cyber police station, where a complaint was lodged by the victim, as per the PTI.