Amritsar: Online fraudsters dupe man of Rs 1 crore

A resident of Khiala Kalan village identified as Rana Malkeet Singh was duped by online fraudsters of Rs 1 crore after luring him on the pretext of settling him abroad.

Singh lodged a complaint with the cybercrime wing of the Amritsar (Rural) police which registered a case against unknown swindlers on the charge of fraud and under the Information Technology Act. The case was registered after over-one-and-half-month of lodging a complaint by Singh. The police said further probe was on in this connection.

The complainant stated that his wife left him over some dispute and started staying with her parents due to which he was mentally disturbed. He said during this period, he started receiving calls from some foreign numbers. Callers enticed Singh and started chatting with him on regular basis. The complainant said he told callers everything about himself.

Singh said one of the callers introduced himself as a “high court judge” and lured him for settling abroad. Singh said callers got lots of money transferred in different bank accounts. Singh said he also sold his share of land, plot and vehicles for paying fraudsters. Singh said when suspects did not fulfil their promise, he started demanding his money back. Singh said suspects were now threatening him by posing as a Punjab minister, sometimes as judge or a senior official. He said suspects threatened to put him and his mother behind bars.

Following a preliminary probe, the cybercrime wing registered an FIR under Sections 420 and 506 of the BNS and Section 66 (D) of the Informational Technology Act against unknown swindlers and initiated further investigation into the case, the police said.

Lured on pretext of settling abroad

Complainant Rana Malkeet Singh said the suspects lured him on the pretext of settling abroad. Singh said callers got lots of money transferred in different bank accounts. Singh said he also sold his share of land, plot and vehicles for paying fraudsters. He said when suspects did not fulfil their promise, he started demanding his money back. He said suspects were now threatening him by posing as a Punjab minister, sometimes as judge or a senior official.