As per information provided by sub-inspector Shaukatali Sayed, Kanetkar and his family had gone for a trip to Guhagar between January 1 and 5. When he returned, he tried to pay the house rent online but was unable to log into his bank account. Therefore Kanetkar made a complaint to the bank's call centre and requested for the reactivation of his password, but was told to make a written request to the bank to get a new password.
On January 10 Kanetkar received his new password, even this did not work. He then asked the bank to freeze his account till his password is activated.
Sayed told that Kanetkar received a letter from the bank, dated January 12, stating that a debit card had been issued in his name on January 6 and that his mobile number had also been changed.
Kanetkar got suspected that something is wrong hence he obtained a statement of accounts from the bank and found that over Rs 7 lakh had been withdrawn. Thus he got a complaint registered of cheating with the police under section 467 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
Sayed said on investigation, it was found that the unknown person had withdrawn huge amounts from various ATMs by using the debit card between January 8 and January 12.
From investigations it was also discovered that the suspect had made purchases of around lakhs of rupees from various shops. Sayed told the police is trying to track down the suspect.
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