In Raipur, Municipal Corporation employee Manish Kumar Bhoi was cheated by thugs on the pretext of arresting his daughter on charges of drug supply. The swindler introduced himself as a Maharashtra CID officer and got Rs 25,000 transferred online from Manish. Manish went to the bank with a demand of Rs 1 lakh, but due to lack of PAN card linking, Rs 80 thousand was left.
Municipal Corporation employee Manish Kumar Bhoi became a victim of fraud to save his daughter who was doing internship in Pune. She answered a call from an unknown number, in which the person identified himself as a Maharashtra CID officer and said that her daughter and her three friends had been arrested for selling drugs.
How did digital fraud happen?
The incident started that day, when Manish Kumar Bhoi left home in the morning to go to his office. During this time he got a call from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as an officer of Maharashtra CID and said that his daughter has been arrested along with her three friends for selling drugs.
The swindler told Manish Kumar that if he wanted to free his daughter, he would have to pay Rs 1 lakh immediately. Due to this fear, Manish immediately transferred Rs 25 thousand from his account without talking to anyone. During this time, the thug also sent him his daughter’s voice, in which she was pleading for help.
The swindler demanded to deposit lakhs of rupees
The thug put pressure on Manish Kumar and demanded Rs 1 lakh. He said that if the money was not transferred as soon as possible, the case against his daughter would become serious. Out of fear, Manish decided that he would go to the bank with the remaining money and deposit it immediately. He took more money from home and reached the bank, but due to his account not being linked to the PAN card, he could not deposit the money there.
felt cheated
After returning empty handed from the bank, Manish Kumar had a strange suspicion that something was going wrong. When he talked to his son about this, the son contacted his sister. In this conversation, Manish Kumar realized that he had become a victim of fraud. The son immediately talked to the sister, and told Manish Kumar that the sister had revealed the truth and found out that he had been a victim of digital arrest.
80 thousand rupees saved due to Manish Kumar’s wisdom
After the incident, Manish Kumar lodged a complaint at Azad Chowk police station. He told the police that the thug had threatened and intimidated him through continuous WhatsApp calls. He was made to fear that his daughter’s future would be ruined. Manish told that he was ready to do anything to save his daughter, that is why he easily fell into the trap of the swindler..jpg)
However, due to the wisdom of Manish Kumar, he was successful in saving Rs 80 thousand, because while depositing in the bank, the money could not be deposited due to lack of PAN card link. He demanded action from the police against the thug. Now the police is investigating the matter and trying to trace the thugs.