Amritsar: Couple loses Rs 6.2 lakh in online fraud

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 8

In yet another incident, a couple lost over Rs 6 lakh in an online fraud. Interestingly, their mobile number, password of their account changed online without their knowledge.

The couple had gone to the bank to transfer some money in their bank accounts after a fixed deposit got matured. The incident occurred in September and the victims Asha Arora and her husband Vijay Arora kept making rounds of the bank before they approached the police for justice and registration for FIR.

Following preliminary probe, the police booked Saroj and Anamika of Uttar Pradesh on whose accounts the money was transferred. The police said efforts were on to nab the suspects.

The victims said when they had gone to the bank for transferring the cash into their account, the bank officials said it would take some days. They said they were shocked to learn that their amount was transferred to two other accounts in 11 transactions. They immediately approached the bank but they denied immediate reprieve saying it was the customers’ fault.

Perturbed, they lodged a complaint with the police. During investigations, it was revealed that after the couple filed an application to transfer their money, his mobile number and email ID changed through online banking from the bank. Therefore, they did not receive any message.

The police have registered a case of fraud and under the IT Act while launching further probe.