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Ludhiana: A city police officer has fallen victim to cybercrime, losing ₹4.63 lakh in a scam where criminals gained access to his bank accounts through a fraudulent link opened on mobile phone. The incident highlights the growing vulnerability to online fraud even among law enforcement personnel.
Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Jasbeer Singh, posted as a reader with additional deputy commissioner of police-1 Jagbinder Singh Sandhu, discovered the theft on Nov 8. The ASI, a resident of Santosh Nagar, Haibowal Kalan, had money from a property loan and his savings account stolen in multiple transactions after clicking a malicious link sent to his phone. He first noticed the fraud when he received alerts about unauthorised transactions, including₹32,000 from his savings account and three transactions totalling ₹4.
31 lakh from his overdraft account. Attempts to reach his bank’s customer service were unsuccessful, prompting him to visit the branch, where the scale of the fraud became clear. Inspector Jatinder Singh, SHO of the cybercrime police station, stated that the criminals had accessed the ASI’s mobile phone remotely after he had clicked the link, enabling them to siphon funds.
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