2 weeks Ago By Mihir Tanksale
Pune: A 58-year-old faculty of a govt college in Dapodi lost Rs 1 lakh to cybercrooks, who gained access to his bank account and siphoned off the amount in two transactions on Nov 4. The victim approached the police on Thursday and lodged a complaint. Senior inspector Nilesh Waghmare of the Dapodi police said the complainant resides on the college premises.
He ordered Ayurveda medicines for his mother from a practitioner in New Delhi. The latter sent him the medicines and even told him the courier firm's name, the officer said. "When the complainant did not receive the parcel, he searched for the courier firm's contact number on the internet," Waghmare said.
He mentioned that when the complainant contacted the number, he was told to send Rs 10 through a UPI transaction if he wanted his parcel. "The person also told the complainant to share the five-digit OTP he would receive on his cellphone," Waghmare said. The officer said after that, the person told the complainant he would send the courier firm to start the process to send the parcel.
"The person also told him that he would receive a call," he said. Waghmare said the complainant, however, received a call from his bank. The caller informed him that he was being duped.
"The complainant immediately went to his bank and found Rs 1 lakh was siphoned from his bank account through two transactions," Waghmare said. The investigations revealed that the money was transferred to two bank accounts – one at Barpeta in Assam and another at Thamarakarai in Tamil Nadu. "We have registered a case under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Information and Technology Act," Waghmare said.
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