2 lakh went back in the account due to the vigilance of the victim woman and the police,

the success of Azadnagar police

Mumbai’s Azad Maidan police, which was active on the incident of fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 2 lakh from the bank account of a woman from Gujarat, has succeeded in blocking the siphoned off Rs 2 lakh.

The cyber fraudsters had siphoned off two lakh rupees from the woman’s account, after which the woman lodged a complaint with the police during the golden hour, after which the police contacted the nodal officers of various payment gateways and within 48 hours the woman’s full amount was returned.

According to Bhushan Belnekar, senior police inspector of Azad Maidan police station, the incident took place on October 28. Complainant woman Padmini Nayal, a resident of Dhobi Talab in Mumbai, came to the Azad Maidan police station and lodged a complaint about the incident.

Acording to the Police the woman was on her way to Gujarat and she searched for a room to stay on Google. In which she found a number available online, after talking to which an unknown person asked her to pay 1000 rupees through phonepe. In which she accidentally transferred Rs 5000 simultaneously.

Caught in the trap by dialing the number on Google

The complainant said in her statement that during this time she found something suspicious and wanted to make a complaint about it, and she started searching the number on Google to complain in this regard. On Google, the woman found a number, as soon as she dialed it, she got caught in this trap.

On calling the number, the unidentified person, talking as the alleged customer redressal officer, asked the woman to download an app and fill banking details in it. The woman filled her details in that app, soon after that 4 separate transactions of Rs 2 lakh were done from her account.

Police action during golden hour

According to Bhushan Belnekar, Senior Police Inspector, Azad Maidan Police Station, “After receiving the complaint of the complainant woman, we contacted the nodal officers of releted payment gateways during the golden hour itself to get her money back and requested to block this transaction. and we succeed.Police have started investigation by registering a case against unknown person in this matter.