Gurugram: Retired woman IAS officer duped of about Rs 2 lakh on pretext of home delivery of liquor

Our Correspondent

Gurugram, August 6

A retired woman IAS officer was allegedly duped of around Rs 2 lakhs on the pretext of home delivery of liquor. After a complaint received through the ministry of home affairs, an FIR has been registered at the city’s cybercrime police station.

According to complaint filed by Zohra Chatterji (retired IAS), a resident of Sushant Lok, it was on July 23 when she was busy in the arrangements of a party. In the evening at around 6 pm, she had made an online order of liquor through website: jagdishwineshopgurgaon.com and sought delivery to her home.

“I get a call on my mobile. Being in a hurry as it was time for arrival of guests and trusting the caller, I shared my credit card number and even one time password (OTP). I got an SMS that Rs 630 was debited through my credit card but later I was found the transaction of Rs 1,92,477.50 from my credit card. Later, I realised that I have been duped and filed a complaint,” the retired IAS said in her complaint.

Following her complaint, an FIR has been registered against the unknown fraudsters under Sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating) of IPC and Section 66-D of Information Technology Act at cybercrime police station, east.

It may be noted that through the same website, some other people were also duped in Gurugram on the pretext of online liquor delivery. On August 1, Gurugram police had nabbed three members of an inter-state online fraud gang who duped a man of over Rs 1 lakh by promising to deliver liquor at his house.

“We have put the mobile number used in this fraud on surveillance and are investigating. The accused will be nabbed at the earliest,” said Inspector Bijender Kumar, SHO, cybercrime police station.