The lady sensed one thing was amiss when the “policeman” began demanding more cash and confided in her relations.
Retired instructor in Beed duped of ₹83 lakh by cyber fraudster posing as cop.(Representational picture )
An FIR was registered by Beed Police on Saturday.
According to a Beed cyber police official, the caller recognized himself as an officer of the Maharashtra Police.
“He told the woman that a parcel arrived in her name contained drugs and placed her under digital arrest for 11 days from May 20 to May 30, asking her not to leave her house. He made her transfer ₹83 lakh to different accounts,” the official added.
The lady sensed one thing was amiss when the “policeman” began demanding more cash and confided in her relations.
She approached the police and lodged an FIR underneath related sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS). Further investigation is underway, the official added.
