AAP MP Professor Sadhu Singh has lodged a complained with Delhi Police alleging that someone posing as a State Bank of India (SBI) employee called him and asked for his bank details and subsequently withdrew more than Rs 2 lakh from his Parliament Street SBI bank account. Singh is a MP from Faridkot in Punjab. He won the general elections in 2014 as an AAP candidate.
This is the second incident which took place in one month where someone posing as a SBI employee cheated a MP. Earlier, on August 4, The Pioneer reported that Shiv Sena lok Sabha Member of Parliament Bhavana Gawali, who represents the Yavatmal Washim constituency in Maharashtra, had lodged a complaint with the Delhi Police alleging that someone posing as the branch manager of State Bank of India's Head office in Mumbai called her and asked her for her bank details after which Rs 1,20,000 was withdrawn from her Parliament Street SBI account.
Professor Singh trusted the man, who identified himself as Rahul Sharma, after he provided his employee ID of the SBI branch where he works in New Delhi. After that Singh gave him his bank details but when he saw in his bank statement that more than Rs 2 lakhs was withdrawn in two days, he realised that he was conned. Singh in his complaint also told the police that before he raises the matter in Parliament, the culprit should be apprehended, said sources.
Based on the complaint of the MP, a First Information Report was registered at the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Police Station under Section 420 (Cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66 (D) of the Information Technology Act on August 28 following which investigation was started, police said.
“The number from which the MP, got the call has been put on surveillance. Although, the truecaller of the number showed no name. We are yet to get any lead. All efforts are being made to nab the culprit," said a senior police officer.