Cyber criminals dupe farmer of Rs1.05 crore

Sohan Singh of Chak 22 village in Sriganganagar was duped of Rs 1.05 crore by cyber criminals.

The victim informed the police that he was “digitally arrested” last week. Sohan said he had recently sold his immovable property.

Investigation indicated that Rs 40 lakh had been withdrawn from several bank accounts in different cities of the country, while Rs 60 lakh was being repeatedly transferred to different bank accounts by cyber criminals.

According to the police, Rs 1.05 crore was transferred from various accounts of Sohan on November 15 and 16 and deposited in a Bhopal-based bank. The sources said around Rs 4 crore duped from other vicitms was deposited in the same account on the similar dates. Of these, around Rs 80 lakh was deposited from Maharashtra and around Rs 3.25 crore from Telangana.

On November 18, Sohan’s wife Jaswinder Kaur lodged a complaint at the cybercrime police station. By the time the police traced the account, cyber criminals had transferred the entire amount to other accounts. After getting in touch with the bank officials, Rs 18 lakh lying in the account was frozen.