MLA's kin loses ₹79,492 while making online payment to buy sweets
The Hindu
Family member of Thane MLA loses ₹79,492 in online payment for sweets. Victim received a QR code for payment and was asked to make transactions by caller. Police registered case under IPC and IT Act.
A 31-year-old family member of an MLA from Maharashtra's Thane district allegedly lost ₹79,492 while trying to make online payment for sweets ordered from a shop, police said on Monday.
On November 9, the victim ordered sweets from a shop in Bhayander area for which she had to make a payment of ₹480, they said quoting the complaint.
After the victim placed the order, she received a QR code for payment.
When she tried to make the payment, she received a call purportedly from the sweet shop where the caller asked her to make some transactions for completing the payment which she did.
The victim later realised that ₹79,012 was debited from her account in two instalments, besides the original payment of ₹480, an official from Navghar police station said.
After the victim complained to the police, a case was registered on Friday against an unidentified person under Indian Penal Code section 420 (cheating) and provisions of the Information Technology Act, he said.
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