Delhi: Rs 1 lakh stolen from senior citizen’s account
TNN | Jan 30, 2019, 04:13 IST
Representative imageNEW DELHI: A few days ago, 77-year-old K C Gupta was chatting with his wife at their house in south Delhi’s Green Park when he received a call from the local post office asking why he had been withdrawing money from his account frequently.
Surprised, Gupta informed him that he had last withdrawn money from an ATM of a private bank at Green Park market on December 31. A fortnight later, he got a call from the post office asking him to come down to look at some discrepancies in his account. He was shocked to find out that around Rs 1.04 lakh had been withdrawn from his account via multiple transactions.
Gupta, who retired from Airports Authority of India (AAI), has since been running from pillar to post to get his money back.
However, he has had little luck as the probe has not yielded any results. He has only Rs 357 left in his account. The money was deposited through a senior citizen’s savings scheme. His ATM card has a withdrawal limit of Rs 10,000.
Speaking to TOI, Gupta said that he was asked to visit the main branch of the post office in Bengaluru to file a complaint. “I lodged a complaint with the police. I can’t go to Bengaluru at this age,” he added.
Officials at the post office told Gupta that the money was withdrawn between January 4 and 8 through four transactions carried out on four consecutive days. He didn’t get any SMS for the transactions as the post office doesn’t have the provision for registering mobile numbers for sending alerts.
DCP (southwest) Devender Arya said an FIR has been filed under IPC Section 420 (cheating) at Safdarjung Enclave police station. However, there has been no breakthrough in the investigation.
Police suspect Gupta’s card may have been cloned the last time he used it to withdraw money. Cops are trying to obtain the CCTV footage of the ATM that Gupta had used. The involvement of post office staff is also being probed.
Surprised, Gupta informed him that he had last withdrawn money from an ATM of a private bank at Green Park market on December 31. A fortnight later, he got a call from the post office asking him to come down to look at some discrepancies in his account. He was shocked to find out that around Rs 1.04 lakh had been withdrawn from his account via multiple transactions.
Gupta, who retired from Airports Authority of India (AAI), has since been running from pillar to post to get his money back.
However, he has had little luck as the probe has not yielded any results. He has only Rs 357 left in his account. The money was deposited through a senior citizen’s savings scheme. His ATM card has a withdrawal limit of Rs 10,000.
Speaking to TOI, Gupta said that he was asked to visit the main branch of the post office in Bengaluru to file a complaint. “I lodged a complaint with the police. I can’t go to Bengaluru at this age,” he added.
Officials at the post office told Gupta that the money was withdrawn between January 4 and 8 through four transactions carried out on four consecutive days. He didn’t get any SMS for the transactions as the post office doesn’t have the provision for registering mobile numbers for sending alerts.
DCP (southwest) Devender Arya said an FIR has been filed under IPC Section 420 (cheating) at Safdarjung Enclave police station. However, there has been no breakthrough in the investigation.
Police suspect Gupta’s card may have been cloned the last time he used it to withdraw money. Cops are trying to obtain the CCTV footage of the ATM that Gupta had used. The involvement of post office staff is also being probed.
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