Bilaspur. Unknown thugs stole Rs 5 lakh from a woman’s account in the Civil Line police station area. By sending OTP in mobile, the thugs cheated 5 lakhs. On the complaint of the woman, the police have registered a case and are investigating. By posing as bank employees, thugs are calling the customers and taking all the information related to their account from them.
Ram Nath Dahria, a resident of Manjhwapara, was on the post of head constable in the police department. He had died in a road accident. After his death, his provident fund amount was deposited in the SBI collectorate branch of his wife Jyoti Dahria. On June 22, Jyoti’s mobile number was called repeatedly from an unknown mobile. Describing himself as an employee of the Collectorate branch, the account number, PAN card, Aadhaar card information was taken by asking him to update the account. OTP was asked from the woman and about 5 lakh rupees were withdrawn from the account. The woman was completely unaware of the fraud that had happened to her.
On June 30, when the pension amount was deposited in Jyoti’s account, we came to know about the balance in the account. After which she reached the bank and informed. It came to know from the bank that someone has withdrawn Rs 5 lakh from his bank account on 22nd June. After which the woman reached the civil line police station and lodged a complaint about the incident with her. Police has registered a case and started searching for unknown accused.
