Lucknow, Sept. 26 -- In a case of cyber fraud, a 79-year-old resident of Indira Nagar, Lucknow, was duped of Rs 1.18 crore by cyber criminals posing as officials from Delhi Police and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), police said today.
The victim, Hirak Bhattacharya, was kept under constant pressure through video calls for five consecutive days and manipulated into transferring the money under the pretext of a money laundering investigation.
The incident began on the morning of September 3, when Bhattacharya received a WhatsApp call from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as 'Vijay Khanna', an officer from Delhi Police.
He alleged that a fake bank account had been opened in Bhattacharya's name at Canara Bank, which was bei...