Chandigarh, April 28 -- A local woman lost Rs.8 lakh from her fixed deposit account after falling prey to an online fraud. The victim, identified as Shukla Mahajan, resident of Sector 39-B, Chandigarh,lodged a complaint with the police after unauthorised transactions were detected from her account.

According to the complaint filed on February 28, 2025, Mahajan received a suspicious message on her mobile phone, informing her that Rs.2 lakh had been debited from her bank account. Initially assuming it to be a mistake, she ignored the message. However, she and her husband rushed to their bank, as they received two more OTPs indicating additional unauthorised debits of Rs.2 lakh each. In total, Rs.8 lakh was fraudulently withdrawn from her f...