The 67-year-old complainant woman resides in the Gorai area of Borivali. She retired from the government oil company HPCL in 2018. On October 9, a man named Ajay Kumar called her and said he was speaking from the Bombay High Court's Instruction Department. He said that the court has issued an arrest warrant against the complainant woman and arrest action will be taken at any moment. This time she asked about the case against her. He said that the Bangalore police have registered a case of financial misappropriation against her and this warrant has been issued in that regard.
Financial transactions worth crores of rupees have been done in the bank on the basis of her Aadhaar card along with other documents. He gave the telephone to the concerned police officer saying that this amount was due to financial misappropriation and the police had registered a case against her along with others. A person who claimed to be Vinaykumar Choubey later started a conversation with her. He said that he was working in the Bangalore Police Force. At this time, the complainant woman said that she had nothing to do with the whole matter. He started the inquiry by asking her to download Skype.
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In the bank account opened in the name of the complainant woman, there were financial transactions of INR 2 crores. He also said that she will have to come to Bangalore for questioning. After that, she was approached by Dipali Masilkar, a woman officer. She threatened action against the entire family. She feared that she would be arrested and punished for the same crimes. She then tried to find out her bank account details. She was induced to deposit some amount in the bank account in the name of investigation. It was also said that this amount will be re-transferred to her account after investigation. Trusting the lady officer, she transferred around INR 78 lakh to various bank accounts.
The complainant woman narrated the incident to her son. The boy advised her to file a police report saying that she had been cheated. As soon as she realised that she was cheated, he lodged a complaint with the cyber police. Accordingly, North Regional Cyber Police registered a case. In this case, the police are investigating through the bank accounts where the money was transferred.
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