Indore: IT Co Employee Held Under Digital Arrest, Duped Of ₹8 Lakh | Representative Image
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Con men held a woman employed in an IT company under digital arrest and duped her of Rs 8 lakh, police said on Friday. The scammers posed as executives of an international courier company and an officer from the Mumbai cyber cell and scared the woman, telling her that a parcel which was being sent to Singapore in her name contained drugs.
The woman was so scared after receiving the call that she fell in the trap and gave her bank details to the conman. According to DCP (crime) Rajesh Kumar Tripathi, the woman lodged a complaint that she had received a call from an unidentified person, who posed as an executive from an international courier company.
He informed the woman that a parcel which was booked from Mumbai to Singapore in her name contained drugs in a large quantity. When the woman said that she didn’t send the parcel to anyone, the conman told her that the parcel was sent in her name so the action would also be taken against her.
Later, he diverted his voice call to a video call but he had switched off his camera so the complainant woman could only hear his voice. The accused emotionally blackmailed her, saying that the image of her family members may be tarnished due to her act and warned her not to tell anyone about the matter.
He also threatened to circulate her photo with the details. She was so scared that she gave the bank account details to the conman. As she had set the limit of her bank account, the accused first opened an FD account of Rs 6.90 lakh and transferred Rs 4 lakh to their bank account. After that they took a loan using her bank details and transferred another amount of Rs 4 lakh to their bank account.
A total of Rs 8 lakh were stolen from her bank account after keeping her under digital arrest. She lodged a complaint with the NCRP portal and later lodged a complaint with the crime branch. Police registered a case under sections 318(4), 308(2) and 319(2) of the BNS and started an investigation to identify the accused and to arrest them. The bank accounts of the accused were frozen.
