Avanti Patel, former competitor of Indian Idol, fooled sister of 1.75 lakh in a computer fraud | mumbai news

Police seized 15 cell phones, four booklets and a debit card from the accused. They suspect that two others are involved in the fraud.

"The accused transferred the money through various bank accounts that he owned. We took a transit order from Sharma. He was brought to a local court and placed in custody, "said Deputy Police Inspector Prashant Kamble.

According to the complaint, Patel had recently received a new debit card when she had received a call from the accused, posing as On December 31, 2018, the manager of the bank was called Pankaj Sharma. The accused asked her why she had not yet activated her new card. In proposing to help prepare the card, the accused asked to know the details of her card.

Initially, Patel refused to share the details of the map. However, the accused convinced him by accurately indicating the card number and the amount of money in the account. Patel then told him the expiry date and the one-time pbadword. Immediately, the account was debited 50,000 rupees in three transactions.

Mandal badured Patel that the amount would be repaid soon. He then asked her to give him the details of another account on which the money would be refunded. Patel shared the details of his sister's account, from which another sum of 50,000 rupees was debited. Patel filed a complaint the same day at the Sion police station. Later, an additional Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 were debited from Patel and his sister, respectively.

Lalita Gaikwad, Senior Inspector of Police at Sion Police Station, confirmed that, according to Patel's complaint, a case had been registered under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Code. different articles of the law on information technology The defendants, such as cell phone number and bank details, opened the investigation, "added Mr. Gaikwad.

First publication:
March 19, 2019 09h56 IST