Overview
- On January 2, a man claiming to be Naresh Rajput of Vinayak Builders called a Bhayander bank manager seeking help to place a Rs 2 crore fixed deposit via RTGS.
- The caller sent a forged email bearing the firm's letterhead, after which the manager processed an RTGS transfer of Rs 19.86 lakh.
- The fraud came to light when the real Naresh Rajput visited the branch for transaction details and the impostor abruptly ended a verification call.
- Bhayander police have booked an unidentified suspect under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for cheating by personation and related offences, and the investigation is underway.
- In separate incidents, railway police arrested Preety Gupta for using a fake digital pass on a Mumbai AC local train, and Beed police registered a cheating case after a man posing as a police personnel stole a farmer’s gold ring.