The alleged cheating occurred in August 2022, and the woman had tendered her complaint application to the cyber police. The cyber police verified the complaint, and on Friday, the Deccan Gymkhana police registered a formal FIR.
Senior inspector Sandeepan Pawar of the Deccan Gymkhana police said, “The woman is a homemaker, and her husband works with a private company. Her husband was not in town when the incident occurred.”
According to the FIR, a man posing as a Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) executive called the woman’s husband and said the power distribution company would cut the supply to his residence due to pending dues.
“The husband asked the woman to call the ‘executive’ and sort out the issue. The fraud executive then told her to install a remote access software on her cellphone, claiming it would help her pay the bills via the phone. The woman followed the fraudster’s direction and installed the remote access software,” Pawar said.
“The woman then used her e-banking facility to transfer a small amount to the account number provided by the fraudster. He then siphoned off the money from her bank account using internet banking facilities,” he added.
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