New Delhi, May 29 (Bureau) A woman was arrested for allegedly committing cyber cheating of Rs two lakh from her retired father’s pension account, police said here on Saturday. The victim’s daughter initially transferred a low amount from her 69-year-old father’s pension account to her online wallet and deleted the OTP and debt messages received from the Bank to avoid suspicion, said Sagar Singh Kalsi, Deputy Commissioner of Police, North district. She noticed that nothing had happened after her first transaction, then she started transferring money and transferred a total Rs 2.03 lakh in a few months and used the money to release the gold deposited against loan in a reputed finance company, Kalsi added.
According to police, it received a complaint from Vijay (name changed), who is a retired employee from electricity company, wherein he alleged that he is a retired pensioner from a reputed Electricity Company and Rs 2.03 lakh were debited from his Pension Account without his knowledge between November, 2021 and March, 2022. Further, the complainant alleged that neither he received any OTP for the transactions, nor received any debit message from the Bank. A case was registered at Cyber Police Station, North District on the basis of complaint and investigation was carried out.
During investigation, analysis of Wallets and Bank Account was made and it was found that money was first transferred to Paytm Wallets and then further transferred in two reputed bank accounts. The first bank account was found registered in the name of son-in-law of the victim, whereas the second bank account was found registered in the name of the daughter of the victim, claimed the DCP. On this basis, his daughter was apprehended by issuance of notice under Section 41 (A) CrPC, who confessed that she transferred the cheated money from her retired father’s bank account after adding his ATM card number in her Paytm and used OTP received on her father’s mobile number for transaction. She further disclosed that she deleted both OTP and debit messages to avoid suspicion, claimed the DCP.