Jalandhar: A case of cyber fraud of Rs 1.37 crore has come to light in Jalandhar. A 56-year-old man in Jalandhar, Punjab was duped of about Rs 1.37 crore. The victim’s account was in Axis Bank’s branch located in Gujral Nagar. Ludhiana man linked his mobile number to an elderly person’s account and withdrew Rs 1.37 crore in small amounts from the account.
The police station Division Number-4 has registered a case against Gursewak Singh son of Amar Jeet Singh resident of Gobind Nagar Ludhiana under section 318 (4) of BNS and IT Act on the statement of the victim Sudesh Kumar son of Jagannath, resident of Virk Enclave, near Wadala Chowk. The arrest of the accused is still pending. The city police team is searching for the accused.
The victim Sudesh Kumar said in his complaint that, he has an account in Axis Bank located in Gujral Nagar of the city. Between August 1 and August 5, about Rs 1.37 crore was withdrawn in small amounts from his personal account. When the victim got the statement from the bank, it was found that some other person had got his number attached to his account from the bank.
The victim said that after the phone number was linked, the accused had obtained all the information of his account. After which the accused get the OTP on his mobile number and opened Sudesh’s Internet mobile banking. Accused transferred about 1 crore 37 lakh 15 thousand 310 rupees to different accounts in several times.
After investigating the case by Jalandhar Central ACP Nirmal Singh, orders were given to register a case. The police have now registered an FIR in this matter. ACP said that continuous raids are being conducted to catch the accused.