A Delhi University (DU) Bachelor of Arts (BA) student has been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly duping a neighbour to the tune of Rs 2.38 lakhs in National Capital. The 20 year-old girl is a resident of Nehru Vihar area and she is a student of Bachelor of Arts (BA) from School of Open Learning in DU.
According to Anto Alphonse, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North district, a complaint was received in which the complainant alleged that during lockdown when he checked his mother’s savings bank account there was zero balance.
“Following this, he contacted the Bank at Mukherjee Nagar and found out that Rs 2,38,000 were deducted from his mother’s account between November, 2019 to March, 2020. The complainant also checked messages for deduction in her mother mobile number but was not able to find any such message. The complainant made a complaint in Bank regarding unauthorised transaction, where he came to know that transactions were OTP secured, which were sent to registered mobile number in bank,” said the DCP.
“A case under section 379/420 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Timarpur police station and investigation was taken up. During investigation, it was revealed that the money was transferred from account to PayTM. Notice was also sent to PayTM which provided relevant details following which the beneficiary was identified as Swati (name changed), who is also a neighbour of the victim,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police.
“Bank Account Statement of Swati was also collected and it was found that money was transferred from PayTM to her bank account. Subsequently she was apprehended,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police.
“During interrogation, the accused confessed to her crime and told police that after helping the victim to activate her new debit card, she also added the card in her PayTM account. She after transferring the money deleted OTP messages from the victim's mobile phone. She spent the money on buying clothes, household items, food and recharge,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police.