Overview
- The FIR, registered on October 14, details how a 32-year-old was coerced on August 13 through a video call by callers posing as Uttar Pradesh ATS officers.
- They appeared in uniforms with ATS insignia, ordered him to lock his room and avoid family contact, and interrogated him for bank details.
- The callers falsely claimed ₹50 lakh had been deposited in an account opened in his name in Kashmir and warned him to keep the matter secret.
- Under threats of UAPA action and after receiving a fake RBI letter, the victim transferred ₹8.9 lakh via RTGS and about ₹77,000 through an online payment app.
- The accused later sent a forged bail application seeking another ₹4 lakh; after he refused, they disconnected, and police are now tracing the suspects and payment trails.