Chandigarh, Feb. 9 -- An 81-year-old woman, wife of a retired army officer, fell victim to a sophisticated cyber fraud, losing Rs.95 lakh from her retirement account after fraudsters posing as CBI and RBI officials manipulated her into transferring the money.

According to the complaint filed by Anil Kaur Takhar, a resident of Sector 47-C, she received a WhatsApp call on January 15. The caller falsely claimed that her 90-year-old husband Gurdial Singh Takhar's Aadhaar card had been misused in a money laundering case.

This statement caused panic, making her vulnerable to further manipulation. The fraudsters gained her trust by pretending to be senior officials from CBI and RBI. Under the pretext of verifying her financial transactions, th...