: A man of Jharsuguda district fell prey to cyber fraud and lost Rs 20 lakh over delivery of Shirdi Sai Baba’s prasad. The victim identified as M Venkatachalapati Rao of Muchabahal, has lodged a complaint in this regard with the Belpahar police.
As per the complainant, he received a phone call on June 9 and the caller identified himself as an employee of a delivery company. The person told Rao to send him Rs 5 through online money transfer to receive the prasad.
As Rao had earlier placed an order for the prasad, he didn’t suspect any foul play and clicked on the link sent by the caller to transfer the amount.
However, the prasad didn’t arrive. Moreover, Rs 20 lakh got deducted from Rao’s bank account in multiple phases between June 9 and June 12.
On realising about the fraud, Rao approached police. A case has been registered in this connection while further probe was underway.