In one more case of an alleged cyber fraud, a resident of Ludhiana district was tricked into transferring Rs 4 lakh after fraudsters claimed that his son has been arrested in Canada for inflicting a deadly accident.
The sufferer, Bhupinder Singh of Patti Mann village, stated that on October 18, he acquired a name from an unknown quantity. The caller posed as a police officer from Canada, alleging that his son, Rajinder Singh, at present in Canada, was arrested for crushing a person to demise.
The fraudster claimed that Rajinder would face life imprisonment until Bhupinder instantly transferred Rs 4 lakh for bail. The accused offered a checking account quantity, and Bhupinder, fearing for his son’s security, transferred the quantity directly.
After sending the cash, Bhupinder contacted his son to verify the state of affairs. To his shock, Rajinder was secure and unaware of any such incident. Realising he had been duped, Bhupinder reported the matter to the police.
An FIR was registered in opposition to unidentified people beneath Part 318(4) (dishonest and dishonestly inducing the supply of property) of the BNS Act
