Called a retired CG officer, claiming to be an officer from Mumbai and duped him of Rs 54 lakh
Bilaspur bilaspur news. A case of fraud of Rs 54 lakh from a retired officer by showing the fear of ED and money laundering has come to light. Unknown accused sent a copy of the FIR accusing him of uploading porn videos. After that, the accused cheated by taking money in installments. The retired officer who became a victim of fraud in the case has complained to the police. On which the case has been registered, the team of Cyber Cell is engaged in investigation. chhattisgarh
chhattisgarh news Jai Singh Chandel, a resident of Agyeya Nagar, Bilaspur, is a retired officer from the central government job. On June 24, he received a call from an unknown mobile number on his mobile. The caller sent a copy of the FIR accusing him of uploading porn videos. On which he said that he was not involved in this matter. On this, he was deceived that the matter would be investigated by Mumbai Police. Then in the evening, he received a call from another unknown mobile number on his mobile. The caller introduced himself as Mumbai Police officer Vinayak Bawar and said that 274 ATM cards have been recovered from a person’s house, out of which one ATM card is his.
Victim Chandel said that he does not have an account in the said bank. On this, he was told that the matter will be cleared in the ED investigation and the call was disconnected. After this, on July 2, he was called and told that this case is registered in the Supreme Court. According to that, an investigation will be done about the transaction of the money deposited in your bank. For investigation, he was asked to deposit all the money in a bank account. By showing fake orders of ED and Supreme Court, Rs 14 lakh 30 thousand were deposited from him. The next day he was told that he is not the accused. To avoid investigation, he was also asked to get his mutual fund investigated and Rs 35 lakh was deposited for the investigation. On July 13, he was called on WhatsApp and told that the investigation of the money is complete and he was asked to deposit Rs 10 lakh as security. On which he said that he did not have the money and asked for his money back. Under pressure from the phone holders, he deposited Rs 5 lakh. After that the accused stopped picking up his phone. In this way, he was duped of Rs 54 lakh 30 thousand online. When he realized that he was a victim of online fraud, he complained about the matter to the senior police officials. On the report in the Cyber Cell Police Station, a crime has been registered against the unknown mobile holders under section 66 D, 3, 5, 318 of BNS.
