Mumbai: A father-son duo has been arrested by Cyber Police in connection with a scam where a businessman was duped of Rs 26 lakh by threatening him over his purported links with Pulwama attackers.The 55-year-old complainant received a phone call on Aug 27 from a fraudster who claimed to be a CID official. He claimed that Pulwama attackers had been using people’s Aadhaar cards for a multi-crore scam, and the complainant’s Aadhaar card was one of them. The fraudster alleged that transactions of Rs 7 crore had been carried out online in a bank account linked to the complainant’s Aadhaar number. The complainant denied all the allegations.But the fraudster warned him that he would be booked and arrested. An “inquiry” began over a video call and the complainant provided information about his assets, bank accounts and gold. The complainant was asked to melt his gold and transfer the money into the fraudster’s bank account. He said that he had mortgaged all his gold and could transfer Rs 26 lakh. He was assured that the money would be returned to him post-inquiry. But he did not hear from the fraudsters again.Cyber Police registered an FIR and arrested a father-son duo linked to the beneficiary bank account.
