Panchkula: Colonel duped of Rs 9.6 lakh in OTP fraud

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 29

A Colonel posted at the NCC Group Headquarters in Ambala was allegedly duped of Rs 9.6 lakh after he entered an OTP sent on his mobile number by a con man in a mobile application.

A case of fraud under Section 420 has been registered at the Sector 7 police station.

The victim, Col Prem Singh Panwar, lives at the MDC, Sector 5, Panchkula.

In his complaint, the victim said, “An amount of Rs 9.6 lakh was fraudulently withdrawn from my bank account on October 28 around noon. By sending me an OTP on my mobile number, the suspect asked me to feed the OTP in a mobile application when I was at the Government College in Sector 1.” The SHO of the Sector 7 police station and IO in the case, Inspector Mahabir Singh, said investigation into the matter was underway and the suspect(s) would be traced soon.

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