Indore (Madhya Pradesh): State cyber cell on Friday arrested a youth for stealing Rs 6 lakh from the checking account of an aged lady. The accused first ported the lady’s cellular quantity and later he stole cash utilizing UPI transactions.

The accused was a tenant on the sufferer’s home and he used to take her to the financial institution to deposit or withdraw cash from her checking account so he had all the main points.

SP (cyber) Jitendra Singh stated {that a} 72-year-old lady lodged a grievance that Rs 5,99,951 had been stolen from her checking account. After receiving the grievance, a group of cyber cell officers was constituted to analyze and to establish the accused. A case was registered underneath part 419, 420 of the IPC and 66-D of IT Act towards an unidentified particular person.

Throughout investigation, the cell officers got here to know that one Chandrakumar Vishwakarma, a resident of Satna had transferred the cash. After sending a discover, he was referred to as to the town by the officers. The accused knowledgeable the police that he was employed in an organization within the metropolis just a few months in the past. Then, he was staying on the complainant’s home as a tenant.

He used to take the lady to her financial institution for transactions so he had her cellular quantity, account quantity and card quantity particulars. On the idea of her financial institution and cell phone particulars, the accused ported her cellular quantity within the title of certainly one of his mates. Later, he registered the quantity on an e-wallet and he managed to switch the cash to a different checking account. After digging out this data, the accused was arrested by the cyber cell. The police have seized his cellular quantity for additional investigation within the case.