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Hisar: A young man was cheated of Rs 1 lakh 28,000 because he wanted to update his PAN card in his bank account. Following the victim’s complaint, the Cyber Station police registered a case and initiated an investigation. The police arrested an accused in the case. He was identified as Nitesh, resident of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The police are interrogating the accused in the case.
Investigating officer ASI Narendra Singh said a complaint was received through the NCCRP portal at the cyber police station. In it, the youth from 12 quarters said that he had an account with the State Bank of India. In July 2023, a mass message came on his mobile phone with a link about updating the PAN card. Clicking on the link opened an application like SBI’s Yono. In it, the complainant entered the user ID, password and mobile number and clicked “Continue”. As soon as he clicked, OTP came on his phone. After sending the OTP, the option of OTP verification by filling the PAN card details appeared. After some time, the complainant received a message regarding a transaction of Rs 1 lakh 28,000 from his account.
The victim then filed a report of fraud on the cybercrime portal. In this regard, a case was registered at Hisar cyber police station and Nitesh, a resident of Muzaffarpur, was arrested. Preliminary investigation by the police revealed that the accused are cheating people by sending bulk SMS on the pretext of updating the PAN card in their bank accounts. According to the police, the interrogation of the arrested defendants is continuing. He is produced before the court and remanded in custody.
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