Retd govt official loses pension to cyber frauds

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A retired government employee allegedly lost his pension amount to cyber fraudsters who misused his Aadhaar number which was linked to his bank accounts, sources from the cyber police said on Monday.

The complainant Ranganath, a resident of JP Nagar stated that he had deposited Rs 1.10 lakh in his State Bank of India account, Kottanur Dinne branch, recently.

Of this, about Rs 8,500 was allegedly siphoned off by fraudsters by misusing his Aadhaar number.

A shocked Ranganath questioned the bank staff on how his Aadhaar number, which was shared for KYC, could be misused. Ranganath claimed that he also lost Rs 10,000 from his HDFC Bank account in JP Nagar.

He got to know about the withdrawal after he received a message that money had been withdrawn from an ATM.

A case has been registered at Puttenahalli police station in this regard. The police are on the lookout for the online fraudsters involved in the scam.