Udupi: Woman duped of Rs 6 lakh in 'digital arrest' cyber fraud
Udupi: A woman identified as Liolla from Udupi was conned out of ₹6 lakh by fraudsters posing as Mumbai Cyber Police, using a fake “digital arrest” threat to extort money.
According to the complaint lodged with the Udupi CEN (Cyber Economic and Narcotics) Police Station, the incident began on July 22 when she received a phone call around 11:30 AM claiming to be from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The caller falsely informed her that multiple complaints had been filed against her SIM card for harassment and false advertisements, and said the case would be transferred to Mumbai Cyber Police.
Later, at 12:15 PM the same day, she received a WhatsApp video call where a person dressed in a police uniform appeared. The fraudster claimed that her Aadhaar card was linked to the Naresh Goyal money laundering case and that a warrant had been issued for her arrest. She was then told she was under “digital arrest.”
Later on July 25, the scammers pressured her into transferring ₹2 lakh and ₹4 lakh to two different bank accounts. In total, ₹6 lakh was siphoned off.
Following which, Liolla filed a formal complaint with the Udupi CEN police.
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Man shot dead in Jharkhand’s Jamtara, probe underway
Jamtara (Jharkhand) (PTI): A man was shot dead by three unidentified bike-borne armed miscreants in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district on Sunday, police said.
The incident took place at Dharampur village within Narainpur police station limits when the victim, identified as Furkan Ansari, a resident of the same village, had gone out for his morning tea at a stall around 8.15 am, they said.
Narainpur OC Murad Hasan said, "The victim's body was handed over to his family members after post-mortem examination at Sadar Hospital."
Police have launched an investigation into the matter, the OC said.
