A gang allegedly duped a highschool trainer in Valsad of Rs 36.3 lakh, by putting him beneath “digital arrest” final yr in October. The gang allegedly claimed that the trainer was named an accused in a cash laundering case registered towards Maharashtra politician Nawab Malik, to extort cash.
The sufferer, Mirza Adil (57), is a resident of Atul village in Valsad district and has labored at Atul Vidhyalay for the final 27 years.
Valsad rural police stated that the sufferer had obtained a name from an individual impersonating a Mumbai Cyber Crime officer, on September 29 final yr. The caller allegedly informed him that his Aadhaar card had been used to make an internet site on which a number of porn movies have been uploaded. Later, the caller additionally informed him to shut his bed room door and keep inside as he had been “digitally arrested”.
The caller claimed that Adil’s financial institution accounts and different private particulars have been recovered throughout a probe into the cash laundering case registered towards Malik. He informed the sufferer that 37 individuals had already been arrested within the case, and that he was subsequent.
He was additionally informed {that a} police workforce was on it strategy to arrest him. The caller claimed that they had detected cash laundering actions, linked to Adil’s Aadhaar card, in 12 states.
Adil, in his grievance, alleged that the conman had positioned him beneath “digital arrest” for 3 days from September 30 to October 2, 2024, and had extorted cash to the tune of Rs 36.3 lakh all through the primary week of October, by means of RTGS and on-line switch. He bought an analogous name not too long ago and was requested to pay one other Rs 8 lakh. With no cash left in his checking account, the sufferer confided in his pal who informed him to contact the police.
Valsad police on Thursday registered a case towards unknown individuals beneath BNS Sections 308 (2) (crime of extortion), 204 (falsely claiming a public officer), 336(2) (forgery), 337 (to forge paperwork or data that look like official), 340(2) (use of cast paperwork or electrical data), 318(4) (Dishonest and dishonestly inducing somebody to ship property), 319(2) (Punishment for dishonest by personation), and IT Act sections 66(c) and 66(d).
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