78-year-old Panchkula woman duped of Rs 1 crore

A 78-year-old woman resident of Panchkula was duped of Rs 1.06 crore in a cyber fraud. The fraudsters posed as policemen and accused her of money laundering.

The woman, Sunila Malik (78), a resident of Sector 4, stated that she had received a WhatsApp call from an unknown mobile phone number on September 6 in which the caller claimed to be a police officer. He claimed that the police had recovered some of her documents from a man identified as Patel, who had been arrested in a case of money laundering.

The complainant stated that the caller told her that she was under digital arrest and was not even allowed to talk to anyone or leave the house. Two days later, the caller demanded Rs 90 lakh from her on the pretext of checking cash recovered in the case. The woman transferred the money as directed. The caller later duped her of another Rs 16 lakh through bank transfer.

On her complaint, the Panchkula police have registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.