Shahjehanabad police have booked a person who was involved in duping a 72-year-old victim to the tune of Rs 1.96 lakh by using ATM card of the victim obtained fraudulently at an ATM machine.
According to the police, the victim Khalid Pribia was duped to the tune of Rs 1.96 lakh using his ATM card which he used to withdraw money at Bank of India ATM at Sultania road. The victim blocked the ATM card by contacting bank after he came to know about the withdraw which were fraudulently done.A complaint was lodged by the victim after the incident on February 29. In the complaint victim stated that he had gone to withdraw money from ATM machine at Bank of India at Sultania road and while he was at the ATM accused who was standing offered to help and later after the cash withdrawal he left the ATM.
The accused took his ATM card and after helping he returned the card but the victim failed to recognise that the accused had provided different ATM card and was shocked to find that over Rs 1.96 lakh have been withdrawn from his bank account and contacted the bank to block the ATM card.
During the investigation, police found that the fraud was done from different ATM of the State capital. The CCTV footages of the ATM have been checked and after three months. The police have registered a case under sections 420 of the IPC and 66 IT Act.