PMC executive engineer loses Rs 7 lakh after his phone gets stolen

According to the FIR, the incidental took spot implicit the archetypal and 2nd week of September, earlier this year. The complainant had gone to a marketplace country astatine Gadital successful Hadapsar connected September 7 to acquisition a Ganesh idol. Around the aforesaid time, the compartment telephone helium was carrying, which had his PMC issued authoritative number, was stolen.

On the aforesaid day, the complainant reported the telephone missing connected the ‘lost and found’ portal of Pune metropolis constabulary and a ailment study of the aforesaid was generated. However, helium could not artifact the compartment fig due to the fact that helium did not cognize the registered email code with it.

Around a week later, helium got to cognize that arsenic galore arsenic 18 transactions had been made from his slope relationship though an online outgo exertion utilizing his telephone number.

The complainant subsequently approached the Hadapsar constabulary presumption and an FIR was registered nether provisions of the Information Technology Act and Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita related to cheating and impersonation.

“We person launched a probe successful the case. Probe suggests that these 18 transactions were made to individuals and businesses,” said an serviceman from Hadapsar constabulary station.