Cyber crooks cheat elderly man of Rs 19 lakh

Ahmedabad: An 81-year-old man from Odhav was cheated out of Rs 19 lakh in a cyber offence. Nandu Khamar, a resident of Manav Mandir Apartments on Viratnagar Road, filed a complaint with Cybercrime police on Monday. Khamar alleged that on Sep 10, he received a video call from a man who introduced himself as constable Surendra Agrawal. He accused Khamar of allowing the use of his Aadhaar card to open various bank accounts, which were used for cyber fraud.Agrawal said police had arrested a man named Ravi Shankar, who gave Khamar's name.
Agrawal also told Khamar that his account had been used to park and illegally transfer around Rs 2 crore by cyber fraudsters. Agrawal made Khamar speak to a man called Vikrant Shukla, a ‘senior assistant sub-inspector', on a video call. Shukla told Khamar that an arrest warrant would be issued against him. Shukla sent a summons on a govt letterhead, which scared Khamar and prompted him to seek help with the issue. The two men then made him speak with a man who identified himself as prosecutor Neeraj Shukla. Neeraj instructed him to transfer all his money into an account he suggested.
Khamar transferred Rs 19.10 lakh in two transactions on Sep 11 and Sep 12. Shukla promised that the money would be returned within 24 hours. When contacted, Shukla asked Khamar to pay Rs 50,000 more. Khamar informed his son about the incident and called the cybercrime helpline. Cybercrime police have registered a case of criminal conspiracy, impersonating a public servant, criminal breach of trust, and cheating under the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act against unknown persons.