2 duped online of Rs1.22L

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 10

Two residents became victims of the phishing attack. In the first case, the Mohkampura police have booked three persons for duping a person online.

The accused have been identified as Pramehwar Mandal, Vikash Mandal and Mohni Devi, all residents of Giridih, Jharkhand.

The victim, Sanjay Kumar, said he received a text message on January 13 on his mobile phone to download a mobile application ‘Quick app’. As he downloaded the application, Rs 59,489 got debited from his Punjab National Bank’s account. He found out that cash had been transferred to the account of Pramehwar Mandal, Vikash Mandal and Mohni Devi of Jharkhand.

Mohkampura police station SHO Sukhdev Singh said a case under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC and Sections 66-C and 66-D of IT Act has been registered against the accused persons.

In the second case, the Gate Hakima police have booked three persons for online fraud. The accused have been identified as Manjuntha Reddy, Raghu KB Baiaian and Inaholi V Swa, all residents of Bangalore, Karnataka.

Shivam, who is complainant in the case, said the accused cheated him of Rs 63,000 on the pretext of selling a laptop on OLX. Shivam said he transferred the money from his account to buy the laptop, but the accused didn’t send the laptop and cheated him.

The police have registered a case under Sections 420, 120-B of the IPC and Section 66-D of the IT Act.