Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A 22-year-old man was arrested from Nagaur district in Rajasthan in connection with a fraud case of ₹59 lakhs reported by an elderly woman to city police’s crime branch.
Mukesh Chaudhary (24) was arrested from Nagaur district in Rajasthan, and 2 mobile phones, 1 cheque book, and 1 bank ATM card were seized from him.
On January 22, 2025, Shashi Sharma (61) resident of Patel Mohalla, Yadav Colony filed a report at the crime branch in which she said that her daughter works in IT and lives in Bangalore.
Her husband is retired assistant works manager from Vehicle Factory in Jabalpur. They have a joint account at the SBI, Kamla Nehru Nagar.
On January 10, 2025, at 10:45 am, she received a call from a mobile number. The caller informed her that her SIM would be blocked in two hours. When she asked why, the caller stated that her SIM was being misused for money laundering and that a fake ATM card had been created using her Aadhaar card by Naresh Goyal, including one in her name, the police said.
The caller then inquired about her bank account details and said Rs 2.50 crore was there in a Canara Bank account in Nashik, and 10% of that amount would be transferred to her account, which would lead to her arrest. The caller also claimed that bank officers were involved in this.
The caller immediately asked her to deposit ₹2,00,000 via RTGS for verification and provided detailed instructions on how to fill out the RTGS form.
Subsequently, she and her husband, Chandrakesh Sharma, went to SBI, Kamla Nehru Nagar, and transferred ₹2,00,000 via RTGS to the account provided on January 10, 2025.
After the money transfer, the caller continuously communicated via WhatsApp calls, asking for reports every two hours and instructing her not to disclose anything to anyone, citing the National Security Law. The caller promised that the transferred money would be returned one by one after verification.
Upon further calls, she transferred more money to different accounts via RTGS: ₹15,00,000 on January 14, 2025, ₹32,65,876 on January 17, 2025, and ₹9,98,523 on January 20, 2025.
The total funds transferred through RTGS into different accounts amounted to ₹59,65,000. Based on the report, a case has been registered under Section 318(4) BNS and 66D of the IT Act, and an investigation has been initiated.
