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The complainant, a resident of Karol Bagh, told police that on August 13, he received calls from multiple unknown numbers, following which a case was registered on October 14. The callers had falsely accused him of being involved in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack.
he claimed Citing the FIR, police said Rs 50 lakh was deposited in a bank account opened in the name of the victim in Kashmir.
“I received calls on my mobile number from three different numbers, where the callers falsely accused me of being involved in the Pulwama attack in Kashmir and alleged that Rs 50 lakh was deposited in a bank account opened in my name in Kashmir.”
Claiming that the account was linked to her ID, the callers warned the victim to keep the matter secret and claimed that ‘influential people’ were involved, the FIR said.
The callers then allegedly instructed her to turn on her camera, lock her room and avoid informing her family members.
The FIR states that they “interrogated” him, collected details of his bank accounts and linked him to another person, who introduced himself as the head of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).
The complainant said that the accused directed him to come to the Lucknow office to join the investigation, but he expressed reluctance.
The victim was allegedly asked to transfer money to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved account for “fund legalization”. Frustrated with the threats, the complainant transferred Rs 8.9 lakh and additional through RTGS from his bank account According to the FIR, Rs 77,000 was transferred through online payment application on UPI ID.
Later the accused sent him a fake bail application and demanded second bail. Rs 4 lakh for his “release”. When they refused to pay further, the callers disconnected and switched off their phones, police said.
“I have suffered a total loss “I lost Rs 9,67,000 and suffered mental harassment due to the fraudulent acts of these unknown persons,” the complainant told the police.
The senior police officer said a case was registered on October 14 under section 318(4) (cheating) of the Indian Judicial Code and efforts are on to trace the accused and recover the defrauded amount.
Earlier in a similar operation, a 78-year-old retired banker from South Delhi had almost lost Between August 4 and September 4, a scam of Rs 23 crore took place in the digital arrest scam. The accused threatened him of being involved in funding the Pulwama terror attack.
On February 14, 2019, a devastating terror attack took place in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, when an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into a convoy of CRPF personnel, killing at least 40 soldiers. The attacker was identified as Adil Ahmed Dar, a member of Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed.