Ludhiana cops to release Kapurthala woman, say her WhatsApp hacked
Ludhiana, Dec. 25 -- The case of a threat call made to singer Amar Noorie, wife of late legendary singer Sardool Sikandar, has taken a peculiar turn after police claimed that the woman arrested in the case is herself a victim of cyber fraud.
A day after her arrest, police initiated proceedings to discharge the Kapurthala-based woman, while launching a hunt to trace the actual accused who allegedly hacked her WhatsApp account and made the threatening call.
Khanna deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Mohit Kumar Singla said that after receiving a complaint from Noorie, police traced the number used to make the call and arrested Sandeep Kaur, a resident of Saidpur village in the Sultanpur Lodhi area of Kapurthala district.
During questioning, the woman told police that while scrolling through Instagram reels, she came across a post offering jobs. She began chatting with the account holder and shared her contact number. She also shared a OTP received on her phone, following which her WhatsApp account was hacked and misused, the DSP said. "We found no involvement of the woman. She is being discharged from the case, and the process has already been initiated," Singla said. HTC...
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