Woman booked for duping 67-year-old physically impaired person of Rs 96 lakh

The police said that the 67-year-old was a government servant and was earning Rs 30,000 on a monthly basis as pension.

“The person who has duped him is his distant relative,” said an officer. “The complainant met the suspect on November 14, 2016 in a birthday party when she allegedly introduced herself as an employee of RBI.” She further advised him to invest in shares of the RBI and claimed that he will get Rs 2 lakh interest every quarter for his investment.

In 2017, when the suspect met him to invite him for her wedding, she again asked him to invest, following which the 67-year-old along with the suspect and another relative went to a bank in Kalachowkie to enquire about the investment scheme.

“As the senior citizen was convinced, the complainant immediately transferred Rs 22 lakh to her bank account through RTGS,” a police officer.

“He had no one in his life as his wife had passed away and he barely met his son. As the suspect supported him emotionally, he trusted her blindly and had told her about all his investments,” said another police officer.
The woman would go to meet him in the ashram and take him to the bank to get his money transferred to her own bank account.
“She would claim that it is for the investment in the RBI and even showed him bogus share certificates and entries in his passbook to win his trust,” said an officer.

However, after losing Rs 96 lakh, when the senior citizen enquired about the interest with the bank officials, he realised that he had been duped.

“The senior citizen then lodged a complaint after which a case was registered,” said an officer.

“We are trying to locate the suspect,” said a senior police officer.