India, Oct. 29 -- Unidentified suspects were booked for liquidating the fixed deposits of a woman through an online banking facility after hacking into her mobile phone, police said on Tuesday.

The 72 -year-old woman is a resident of a Central Park Flower Valley society in Sohna. Police said the victim wanted to contact a courier firm which was scheduled to deliver her a parcel from Kolkata on the occasion of Durga Puja after the delivery was delayed by several days.

On October 6, she found the contact number of the firm on the internet which was advertised as customer support. The helpline number didn't belong to the firm but was used by cyber conmen using false advertising, said police.

A senior police official privy to the investiga...