Delhi Police arrests 2 for hacking into delivery app, making purchases worth 1 lakh
New Delhi, Feb 19: Two men were arrested for allegedly making grocery purchases almost worth a lakh by hacking into a south Delhi woman's online delivery app account, police said on Monday.
The accused were identified as 25-year-old Aniket Kalra and 23-year-old Himanshu Kumar, both residents of Gurugram, police said. An associate of theirs is still at large.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Ankit Chauhan said the victim late on February 14 night got an Interactive Voice Response, or IVR, call with an automatic recording warning her of a potential hacking attempt into her account and asked her to click certain numbers in her phone.
As soon as she clicked the numbers, she received a message that online orders of Rs 97,197 were made from her bank account linked with the delivery firm app, Chauhan said.
When police analysed the call data record of the caller, they found that the call was made from an app-based system, connected with an IVR System.
Simultaneously, other details from the delivery partner were obtained and the location of the caller was found in to be in Gurugram, the officer said.
Police raided the place in Gurugram's Sector 7 on Sunday and arrested Aniket and Himanshu, he said.
Two mobile phones (including the one used in offence), three SIM cards (including the one used in offence), nine credit and debit cards, and one fake Aadhaar card were recovered from their possession, police said.
During the course of interrogation, it was revealed that Aniket, a class 12 drop out, used to work as a delivery executive with the same online delivery partner, said another officer.
He was in touch with one Anshu yet to be arrested who taught him how to hack into people's delivery firm app account through pre-recorded voice messages and access their confidential data, the officer said.
Once the gang would have the required information, Aniket would place online orders for grocery for as much money as there would be in the victim's account, he added.
The gang gave random addresses in Gurugram for delivery of items to cover their tracks, the officer said.
Aniket and Himanshu would sell the grocery items in the local market at discounted prices and would send 50 per cent cut to Ansh via cash depositing machines or various UPI Ids, he said.
Himanshu owns a medical shop in Gurugram and used the shop to facilitate transfer of the defrauded money to various UPI IDs and accounts, police said.
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Bengaluru resident booked for obstructing, verbally abusing female officials engaged in census work
Bengaluru (PTI): An FIR was registered on Saturday against a resident here for allegedly obstructing and verbally abusing female officials engaged in the National Census-2027 work, police said.
The incident took place between April 20 and April 25 within Ward No 43 in R T Nagar area, they said.
According to the complaint lodged by Lokesh S P, Census Charge Officer for Bengaluru North City Corporation, on April 20, Veena, an enumerator assigned to Ward No 43, visited an apartment within the Corporation limits to collect census information. However, the concerned resident refused to provide the required details.
Subsequently, on April 25, during verification, Rashmi R, Supervisor (Circle-2), visited the location and sought the necessary census information.
The resident not only refused to cooperate but also obstructed the census work and verbally abused the female staff using inappropriate language, the complaint alleged.
Based on the complaint by Lokesh, a case was registered against the resident concerned under sections 132 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of duty), 223 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions), and 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said, adding that further investigation is ongoing.
Meanwhile, in a statement, Bengaluru North City Corporation Commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar emphasised that Census work is a matter of national importance, and obstructing officials in the discharge of their duties is a punishable offence.
He warned that strict legal action will be taken against such acts and appealed to the public to cooperate with enumerators and provide accurate information, as it is the legal duty of every citizen.
