Rs 1 lakh refunded to online fraud victim

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 2: Cyber Police Station Jammu refunded an amount of Rs 1 lakh into the account of online fraud victim.
As per official spokesman, Cyber Police Station Jammu acting swiftly on a complaint filed by Virinder Kumar, son of Beli Ram of Basohli District Kathua and got refunded the amount to the parent account of the complainant.
Narrating his ordeal, the complainant submitted that he has been defrauded of his hard earned money by a fraudster, while he shared the OTP displayed on his mobile number. He stated that he received a call from an unknown caller and as he shared the details with the person making call, and an amount of Rs 99,402 was debited from his account, the spokesman added.
Acting promptly on his complaint, a team of Cyber Police Station Jammu led by Inspector Manoj Gupta under the supervision of SSP Sandeep Mehta identified the route of that transaction and found that amount was transferred to Augmont Gold Private Limited, Mumbai, the spokesman said, adding that the matter was immediately taken up with the Company and the full amount of around 1 lakh which was transferred from the account was blocked and refunded to the victim’s account.
Further investigations into the matter is going on, the spokesman asserted.