A man in his 30s who hails from Sikar, Rajasthan, was arrested early on Monday for allegedly duping a Salt Lake resident of Rs 2 lakh by posing as a bank official.
A team from the Salt Lake cyber crime police station arrested Dayaram Khichar in Sikar based on a complaint lodged by Supriya Mukherjee, a resident of Purbachal Housing Complex in Salt Lake’s Sector III.
A senior officer of the Bidhannagar commissionerate said Khichar had sent Mukherjee a text message that read: “Dear customer your HDFC NET BANKING ACCOUNT will be suspended today. Please visit the below link http://hfvcdscvgt.online.”
Minutes after the text reached Mukherjee’s phone, he received a call. The caller identified himself as a bank representative and told him to click on the link and update his KYC documents to ensure his bank account did not get suspended. The caller told him to enter details of his debit card, including CVV number, on the link, the officer said.
“Once Mukherjee entered the details, the call got disconnected,” he said.
Mukherjee later received a text message from the bank that said Rs 49,997 had been debited from his account. He checked his account balance and found Rs 1.5 lakh had also been transferred out of his account, the officer said.
He alerted his bank and lodged the police complaint.
Cops tracked the money trail and zeroed in on Khichar.
The accused was produced before a court in Rajasthan that granted a transit remand so he can be brought to the city