Gurgaon: A resident of Rohtak, who works as an executive in a private firm in the city, was cheated of Rs 50,000 in an online fraud last month, said police.
An FIR was registered with the
cyber cell in the case on Monday.
Deepak said that he became the victim of an online fraud on July 21.
“I was traveling home from Gurgaon when I got a text message saying that Rs 50,000 was debited to my account.
“No call or prior text came to me, neither did anyone ask for any code or password. It was sudden and out of the blue,” he told TOI.
“I immediately called my bank and requested them to bar all transactions and withdrawals from my account. It was because of the per day withdrawal limit being Rs 50, 000 that the fraudsters were able to withdraw only that much.”
On visiting the bank, officials advised Deepak to file a complaint with the police, he approached the Cyber cell.
“No refund has happened yet. The police have been helpful. They had traced the account to which the money was credited. It apparently belonged to a small private firm. But the perpetrators have not been arrested yet. Police have given a 90-day period,” he said.
The FIR was filed under Section 420 of the IPC (cheating ) and Section 66-D of the IT Act (impersonating by means of computer).
TOI spoke to investigating officer Satish Kumar, who said that the case was still in progress and no breakthrough has been made yet.
“The FIR was filed on August 20 as these cases require us to first order an inquiry, and only then an FIR can be filed,” Kumar said.
