Jodhpur : One after another cases of fraud through digital arrest are coming to light in Jodhpur city. Last month, cyber thugs digitally arrested an IIT professor and defrauded her of Rs 13 lakh. After that, cyber thugs digitally arrested another retired female professor and defrauded her of Rs 87 lakh. The first call was made in the name of a customs officer. During the fraud, the thugs made several calls to her daily. The thugs intimidated the victim so much that she emptied her bank account and broke her FD. Ratanada police is investigating the entire case.
ADCP Virendra Singh of Jodhpur Police Commissionerate District East said that this time Dr. Aruna Solanki has become the victim of cyber frauds. This entire fraud was done on her between 20 August and 5 September. During this time, the miscreants kept the victim under digital arrest. The victim was so scared that she did not even tell this to her children and husband living abroad. Dr. Aruna Solanki has also been the head of the Microbiology Department in SMS Medical College. After retirement, she worked in Pali Medical College. She was also the principal there before retiring from there on 31 July at the age of 70.
Called in the name of Custom Officer Pramod Kumar
First, a cyber fraud called her in the name of Customs Officer Pramod Kumar. He told the professor that a parcel of hers had arrived in Mumbai. The drug MD was found in it. Many fake passports and credit cards were also found with it. This matter has been reported to the Mumbai Police. After this, Sunil Kumar called posing as a Mumbai Police officer and committed the fraud by taking financial information. The fraudsters sent letters from many big agencies to the professor. It included sealed documents of many departments and agencies including CBI, ED, Mumbai, High Court, TRAI and Mumbai Crime Branch. She was badly scared by all this.
Thugs threatened me that I will have to come to Mumbai
The victim was so scared of the fraudsters’ phone calls that she told them everything. The fraudsters asked her how much the FD was. Later, they sent four letters. It also contained an agreement with the CBI, asset seizure, arrest warrant and case report papers. The fraudsters took the victim’s financial transaction records for three years. Then, by pressurizing her, they got three different FDs of Rs 51 lakh broken and transferred them to the account. They got them transferred further. Even after this, they kept calling her daily and threatening her. The fraudsters said that she would have to take anticipatory bail. For this, she would have to come to Mumbai. When she expressed her inability to do so, they got another Rs 8 lakh transferred in the name of bail petition.
The fraudster said that the entire amount will be refunded
The thugs assured the victim that her entire amount would be returned. Then on August 28, the doctor called and said that her remaining FDs also need to be reviewed. The victim refused. He said that first return my money. On this, the thugs threatened her again. Due to this, the FD of Rs 21 lakh was broken and transferred to another account. On September 3, they again said that she will have to take a no crime bond. For this, they took five lakh rupees.
A lawyer will work for a refund
On 5th September, they said that a lawyer will work for the refund. Two lakhs will have to be paid as his fees. Finally, the doctor gave two lakhs more. After this, the calls stopped coming. No matter how many times the fraudsters called from the numbers, they were never able to talk again. Finally, the victim, fed up, went to the police and registered a case against the fraudsters. Anyway, the police is investigating the whole matter.
