Ex-civil surgeon duped of Rs12.78 lakh over 4 years

Nagpur: A former civil surgeon was allegedly fleeced of over Rs12 lakh by an unknown trickster who duped the doctor on the pretext of winning lottery worth Rs1.80 crore. The trickster has acquired Rs12.78 lakh in several instalments from the 77-year-old doctor between June 16, 2014 and January 1, 2018.
Dashrath Kamble, who had retired from a government hospital in Gadchiroli, had received a call in mid-2014 from an unknown person who told Kamble that he had won a lottery of Rs1.80 crore. The trickster claimed to be calling from a nationalized bank in Noida.

The caller told Kamble that he had won the lottery but to get the cash prize he will have to send some money for completing the procedure, following which the senior citizen transferred Rs27,000 in the account number provided by the caller. For next four years Kamble transferred around Rs12.78 lakh in different instalments.

Kamble kept transferring money to the said account until one day his wife found the entire sequence suspicious and confronted her husband who then admitted to his wife and their son about his activity since the past four years.

The trio then approached Ajani police station where a complaint of fraud under section 420 of Indian Penal Code was registered against the unknown caller. Cops said the mobile and account number of the trickster has been procured which will be probed.