In a major embarrassment for cybercrime investigators, a Dadar court acquitted a 26-year-old man arrested in a Rs 1.38 crore “digital arrest” cyber fraud case after finding that the prosecution failed to establish any concrete link between the accused and the crime.

Judicial Magistrate Nilesh N Dhend of the 62nd Court, Dadar, acquitted Ashish Kalubhai Hirpara, who the Cyber Police Station, Central Division, Worli, had arrested based on a complaint filed by Rohini Kanchanlal Bhatt, a senior citizen duped by fraudsters posing as CBI officers.