Panipat: A bank employee from Naultha village in Panipat district became a victim of cyber fraud. His Fixed Deposit (FD) worth ₹4.5 lakh from his salary account at the bank, where he works as a Sales Officer, was transferred to the account of cybercriminals. He had no idea about this transaction.
Upon realizing the situation, he filed a complaint with the police, who registered a case based on the complaint.
In his complaint to the Cyber Police Station, Rahul Singh, a resident of Naultha village, mentioned that he works as a Sales Officer at the Israna branch of HDFC Bank. He had an FD of ₹4.5 lakh in his salary account. This FD was broken, and ₹50,000 each was transferred in eight transactions to another account, along with a ₹28,000 transaction. Rahul claimed that he neither shared an OTP with anyone nor clicked on any unknown links. Moreover, he did not receive any messages related to the transactions. Typically, he would receive an email for every transaction, but he had no clue about this fraud.
Rahul mentioned that due to the salary account, he could not get the information about the accounts to which the money was transferred. He suspects that other bank employees might be involved in the fraud. Rahul had reported the incident to the police a month ago, but the police informed him that his complaint had been lost, and they have now registered the case again.