by Chaudhary, Naresh, Jagtap, P.K., Rana, V.B., Patel, V.B., Joshi, Rutvik J., Patel, D.P., Prajapati, M.R., Pandya, Hemali
Published in Plant Archives (11.04.2024)

by The cybercriminals also allegedly forced the woman to undress in front of a webcam during her digital arrestAccording to the FIR filed with Naranpura police the victim Hemali Pandya who resides in Samarpan Tower on the 132 Feet Ring Road received a call on Oct 13 from a man claiming to be a courier firm employee He informed her that a parcel containing three laptops two cell phones 150 grams of mephedrone, 15 kg of clothes was sent to Thailand using her name The caller instructed Pandya to contact cybercrime immediatelySoon after disconnecting the call to reach out to the cybercrime helpline Pandya received a WhatsApp call from someone claiming to be an officer from Delhi Cybercrime The officer informed Pandya that her name cropped up during a probe in a narcotics case, asked her to join a video conference She then received messages containing allegedly forged letters from Delhi Cybercrime, the CBI naming her as a suspect in a narcotics smuggling, m oney laundering case A frightened Pandya joined the video call where a man posing as a CBI officer without showing his face allegedly coerced her into disrobing to reveal all her birthmarks Despite her initial refusal she complied after being threatened with imprisonment She mentioned in the FIR that she was forced to undress in the presence of a woman officerPandya stated that she was compelled to transfer all the money she had about Rs 492 lakh to accounts provided by the fraudstersWhen she confided in her neighbour about the incident the neighbour called one of the accused who admitted This woman was made a victim of cyberfraud so please take care of her The fraudster ended the call, all the numbers used by him were switched offNaranpura police booked the unknown accused persons under various sections of the BNS for producing forged documents as genuine forgery cheating extortion impersonating a public servant, criminal conspiracy
Published in The Times of India (Online) (18.10.2024)