Bengaluru, 22 September (IANS) Sudha Murthy, Rajya Sabha MP and author of Karnataka, have filed a complaint against a cyber crook with the Bengaluru police, who allegedly tried to extract personal information from the Department of Telecommunications under the Central Government, claiming to be an officer from the Department of Telecommunications. Sudha Murthy is the wife of the former president and the founder of Infosys.
The incident came to light on Monday, even the Cyber Crime Police registered an FIR against an unknown person on 20 September. The matter has been registered under sections 66 (C), 66 (D) and 84 (C) of the Information Technology Act. The complaint was lodged by a Ganpati on behalf of the idol. The case was also informed to the National Cyber Reporting Portal (NCRP) on 5 September.
According to the FIR, at around 9.40 pm on September 5, Sudha Murthy received a call from a person who claimed to be an employee of the Central Government’s Telecom Department. He alleged that his mobile number was registered without connecting Aadhaar number and an attempt was made to get his personal details.
In addition, the caller claimed that porn messages were being operated from his number and warned that the number would be blocked by noon. The FIR states that the accused behaved unfairly, and the Truecaler Identification of the number showed it as a “Department of Telecommunications”. The complainant alleged that the person, while incorrectly presenting as an employee of a telecom department, tried to mislead and evacuate the information from the idol and demanded legal action against him.
The police have further investigated.
It can be remembered that the former minister’s wife and the current BJP MP’s wife, Chikkabalpur, K. An incident from Sudhakar came to a victim of cyber fraud and to be a victim of Rs 14 lakh on Monday. According to an official statement from the West Division Kane Police Station, cyber crime, economic crime and drugs (CEN) police acted fast, where the amount was deposited in the bank where it was deposited and its return was ensured.
The statement released on Monday said that the police team tracked the fraud transaction and returned the cheating amount of Rs 14 lakh to the victim within a week.
Providing details of the case, the police said that on August 26, 44 -year -old Preeti Sudhakar, a resident of Bangalore, received a WhatsApp call from cyber fraudsters who presented as officials of the Mumbai Cyber Crime Unit. He claimed that illegal money was transferred to his account.
DCP (West) S. Girish appealed to the public on Monday that if he loses money for cyber fraud, time does not waste time in confusion. Instead, he urged him to immediately call the National Cyber Helpline (1930) within the Golden Hour and file a complaint at the court police station to enable Swift action and prevent financial loss.
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