Surat: A 67-year-old retired woman has been cheated of Rs. 30.50 lakhs in a digital arrest case. A fake police sub-inspector from Colaba police station of Mumbai had called her and told that he bank account was involved in Rs. 2.5 cr money laundering and there were 20 complaints against the account. Accused also sent her fake letters of RBI, Supreme Court, ED, Mumbai Crime branch, Nirmala Sitaraman and forced her to transfer the money. Surat cybercrime police have booked an FIR and started investigation.According to details, on Aug 22, victim got a call from Mohammad Jishan Ahmed who claimed to be Data Protection Board of India. He told her that her bank account was involved in Rs. 2.5 cr money laundering with 20 complaints. After confirming her Adhar details, he diverted her to Sandip Roy, sub-inspector with Colaba police of Mumbai.Roy, who was sitting in police uniform, told victim that she should follow the steps instructed by him and she would not reveal about it until the case investigation is completed. After that Roy sent her a debit car with her name and told her that NIA has received 247 ATM cards in a raid on OM Abdul Salam out of which one was of her. They also sent her bank statement of Canara Bank account with hear name in which there was a closing balance of Rs. 20.03 cr. Roy instructed her that he would call her next day and asked her to bind by Supreme court notice that she should not reveal any detail to anyone until investigation is complete.On Aug 23, they asked her about her bank account, fixed deposits and other details. She revealed that her account is with Punjab National Bank in Vadodara. So, accused told her to leave for Vadodara for verification of bank entries. Woman went to Vadodara on Aug 26 and took out the FD and other papers from bank lockers. Meanwhile, accused had sent her ED letter with her name. They made her break the FD of Rs. 32.40 lakhs.On Aug 27, accused told her to transfer the money in RBI’s account which would be returned to her in 3-days. They sent her Ministry of Finance letter with Nirmala Sitaraman’s name on it and informed about the conditions about transfer. After that, they sent her the details of bank account in which money was to be transferred. Victim went to PNB in Manjalpur and transferred Rs. 30.5 lakh through RTGS. After that, they sent her receipt of ED and also sent a letter of Niraj Kumar, arresting officer, ED, in which it was written that her arrest warrant is on hold now with HOLD stamp.As the victim got suspicious, she checked about Sandip Roy on google and found that there was no officer like this and he had cheated many persons. Soon, she informed her son about it who told her that she was cheated. Soon, she filed a complaint with 1930 helpline based on which a formal FIR was filed on Tuesday.
