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Panchkula man duped of ₹50,000 in online fraud
An elderly man in Panchkula was duped of ₹50,000 in online fraud. A case has been registered against an unknown person
An elderly man in Panchkula was duped of ₹50,000 in online fraud. A case has been registered against an unknown person.
On Sunday, an FIR under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) were registered at the Sector 14 police station.
Kishori Lal Sabherwal, 77, a retired government employee, in his complaint to the police said he received a call on November 8 where a man told him that he was from the central bank and asked for his debit card details. He received the call at 5 pm and within a few seconds, ₹49,998 was deducted from his account.
Lal said he visited the bank and blocked the card. He alleged that though he tried reaching out to the cybercrime number, no one responded. Following which he wrote a complaint to the DCP. The case was then transferred to the police and an FIR was registered on Sunday.
