Three city residents lost Rs 31L to cyber criminals

Cyber criminals are on the prowl as they targeted three city residents and in a day, the police registered three separate FIRs against unidentified miscreants. The victims lost Rs 31 lakh to cyber fraudsters.

In the first incident, Rajinder Singh, a resident of Urban Estate, Dugri, said on January 7, he got a call from an unidentified person who offered to make a health card. Believing him, he filled a form shared by the caller and later, he was shocked to know that Rs 14.93 lakh were fraudulently withdrawn by the suspect.

The complainant said he lodged a police complaint, following which a case was registered against the unidentified person on Monday.

Investigating officer ASI Jasvir Singh said after registering a case, further investigation was launched to identify the suspect.

Another resident Sahil Goyal of Sarabha Nagar said on March 24, 2024, he received a WhatsApp call from an unidentified person and the man posed himself as the CEO of Skyvera company. The suspect said vouchers of Amazon and Apple company would be given to him and in lieu of that the suspect made him to transfer Rs 1 lakh in the account. After transferring the money, he got to know that he had been duped. He had lodged a police complaint in the matter, and after investigation, the police registered a case against the man.

ASI Paramjit Singh investigating officer of the case said a probe had already been launched to identify the suspect.

In another case, Tararnjit Singh, a resident of Guru Nanak Nagar, Dugri, told the police that an unidentified person called him and offered to buy old coins. Later, the suspect posed himself as a police officer and by threatening him, took Rs 15.01 lakh from him.

Investigating officer ASI Raj Kumar said further investigation was on in the case.