AHMEDABAD: A 50-year-old employee of the goods and services tax (GST) department from Isanpur, Kanaihya Thakkar, was swindled of Rs 45,300 by a man who switched his ATM card while pretending to help him withdraw money from an ATM. According to police sources, the offence occurred on October 29 but as Thakkar and his wife had then tested positive for Covid-19 and were quarantined at home, they could not go to the police station to lodge an FIR. Thakkar finally lodged an FIR at Isanpur police station on Wednesday.
According to the FIR, Thakkar had gone to an SBI ATM in Isanpur to withdraw cash. When he did not manage to do so, a man offered help but they still could not withdraw cash. “On October 29 and 30, over multiple transactions, a total of Rs 45,300 were withdrawn. That was when Thakkar learned that his ATM card had been switched by the man who offered to help,” police said.