A 44-year-old techie from Hyderabad narrowly escapes cyber criminals after a 30-hour digital ordeal. Scammers posing as FedEx agents and Mumbai police tricked him into isolation late Friday night. The victim contacted cyber crime cops once the call dropped early Sunday morning.

During interrogation, the accused gym trainer revealed that he had watched the Bollywood thriller Drishyam multiple times, in which the lead character buried a body at an under-construction police station site to avoid detection.

The last date for filing of nomination papers is October 29. Maharashtra will go to Assembly polls on November 20.