Mumbai: Three held for siphoning off more than Rs 50,000 from woman’s bank account

According to police, on December 20, 2018, the complainant, Priya Rawal from Marine Lines, received a call from a man claiming to represent a private bank while travelling in a local train towards Virar.

As per the complainant, the caller took her PAN and Aadhaar details and persuaded her to share a one-time password that she received by text message following which, within seconds, the money was debited from her account.

A Special Task Force (STF) of the GRP found that the money was diverted to e-wallets and used by the accused to pay electricity, mobile phone and direct-to-home service bills.

Police identified Prasad, who had posed as a bank representative, by using the phone number from which Rawal had received the phone call. He was arrested from his home in Kalamboli on July 5.

Police said the investigation showed that these e-wallets were operated by Prabhu and Krishna, based out of Jharkhand, who authorised Prasad to use them.

A GRP official said after paying the bills and giving Prasad his commission, the duo would transfer the rest to their bank accounts and withdraw the cash. They were arrested on July 12.