India, March 19 -- Three cases of cyber frauds were lodged in the city on March 17, where fraudsters duped citizens collectively of Rs.31.35 lakh. In the first case, the Alankar Police have lodged a case against a nationalised bank manager for calling up a bank customer urging him to complete the Know your customer (KYC) process and instead fraudulently transferred Rs.8.60 lakh from the customer's account for his own gain.

The 49-year-old victim, a resident of Erandwane has lodged the complaint under BNS sections 318 (4), 319 ( 2) and section 66 D of the Information Technology (IT) Act.

In the second instance, Sinhagad police lodged a case against an unidentified thief for cheating a customer in the name of online share market trade and...