Gurugram woman duped of Rs 20 lakh by fraudsters posing as police officers
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Gurugram (PTI): A woman here was allegedly duped of Rs 20 lakh by fraudsters posing as police officers, officials here said on Tuesday.
The victim, a resident of Sector 43, received a call on March 3 from someone claiming to be from a courier company. The caller told her that a parcel from her had been confiscated by Customs since it contained illegal items, they said.
The caller also told her that her call would be transferred to Mumbai Police.
The next callers claimed to be "Deputy Commissioner of Police Balsing Rajput" and "Inspector Ajay Bansal" from the Mumbai Police's cyber crimes unit.
The duo claimed that the victim's Aadhaar had been used in multiple "criminal transactions and money laundering cases" from her three "additional bank accounts" in Mumbai. On being told that she did not have a bank account in Mumbai, the duo asked the victim to make a transaction to validate her accounts.
"They asked me to transfer Rs 4,99,999 and said this is a secret code to start a financial investigation," the victim said in her police complaint.
After transferring the money, the duo told the victim to transfer more money as "security deposit" to carry out an "inertia financial check".
"I transferred Rs 20,37,194 in six transactions ," she alleged.
Based on her complaint, an FIR was registered against unknown persons under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the IT Act at Cyber Crime (East) police station on Monday.
The police said a probe is underway.
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Man murdered in Bengaluru during fight over pigeons: Five held, four others absconding
Bengaluru: Rajagopal Nagar Police have arrested five men for their alleged involvement in the murder of a 24-year-old man on April 21, following a clash over pigeons.
Darshan (28), Surendra (27), Mahendra (29), Vijay (26) and Darshan (26), learned to be residents of Laggere in Nandini Layout, have been arrested. Police have said that they are looking for four other suspects in the crime, who are still absconding.
Bengaluru DCP (North West) DL Nagesh has said that the victim Mallikarjun Rao’s friend Prashanth had been rearing pigeons and the suspects had allegedly stolen the birds. On Tuesday, April 21 night, Prashanth, accompanied by Rao, came to Laggere to ask the suspects regarding the theft of the birds.
A fight occurred at the point, with the suspects attacking Rao with lethal weapons and murdering him, the senior officer has said.
