Hanumanganj police have booked a fraudster who cheated a victim by replacing ATM cards to the tune of over Rs 35, 0000; police have started investigation based on the CCTV footages collected.
Police said that Radhesyham Maali’s son had gone to check balance in the bank account at nearby ATM and while he was at the ATM fraudster exchanged ATM card and later withdrew money.
In the complaint victim stated that at the time of visiting ATM a masked man was standing at the ATM and who engaged him and distracted him and exchanged the ATM card replaced the ATM card on the pretext of helping him and he returned home where Radheshyam told that the ATM card has been exchanged and they reached the ATM but failed to find the masked man and later he received message of withdrawal of Rs 35,399 and after which a complaint was lodged and based on the information Hanumanganj police registered a case.
During the initial investigation police spotted a youth in the age group of 30 years and based on the description started investigation to arrest the accused. Police have registered a case of fraud against the unidentified youth.
Meanwhile fraudster who duped over half a dozen jewelers in the state capital has been taken under police custody of Govindpura police and Piplani and Bairagarh police have also booked the accused.
Mohit Kumar Ranjan the accused provided fake message of payment over e-wallet paytm by targeting jeweller in the state capital.